Phonology is the:
a. modern scientific study of all aspects of language.
b. systematic identification and description of distinctive speech sounds in a language.
c. study of language sounds.
d. study of the patterns and rules by which words are arranged.
e. the entire formal structure of a language, including morphology and syntax.
c
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