phonaesthetics en · NOUN
Etymology
From phon- + aesthetics.
Meanings
- (uncountable) The study of phonaesthesia.
- (uncountable) The study of euphony.
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(uncountable) The aesthetics of a language's phonology, or the study or construction thereof.
Indeed, if there is anything at all to phonaesthetics, there must be some nonarbitariness to phonetic structure -- at least to people who have some phonaesthetic perceptions (as people on this list have admitted they have), if not to everyone.
1999 December 3, Ed Heil <edheil@postmark.net>, “Re: The Conlang Instinct”, in Conlang mailing list, via listserv.brown.edu:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| phonesthetics | Canada, US, alternative | lexicographic |