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An expert in music and mathematics and an authority on English phonology, he had been contacted by the editor James Murray to assist with compiling what would become the Oxford English Dictionary. —Malcolm Forbes, WSJ, 7 Dec. 2023 To me, the most interesting result here is that taboo words don't have a characteristic phonology, but phonology does determine how easily a word can be paired with a taboo term. —Neuroskeptic, Discover Magazine, 31 Mar. 2020 The calls and songs of some species in these groups appear to have even more in common with human language, such as conveying information intentionally and using simple forms of some of the elements of human language such as phonology, semantics and syntax. —Betsy Mason, Smithsonian Magazine, 25 Feb. 2022 The authors then tried to predict the tabooness of each word based on 23 variables, which included both semantics (meaning) and phonology (word length and sound). —Neuroskeptic, Discover Magazine, 31 Mar. 2020 Baker-Bell says Black language is a legitimate language with syntax, grammatical features, phonology and semantics. —USA Today, 17 June 2021 Lian-Hee Wee, a professor at Hong Kong Baptist University who studies Cantonese phonology, is slightly more optimistic in Hong Kong’s case. —Mary Hui, Quartz, 3 July 2020 What — beyond a better understanding of the social and economic consequences of English phonology — does Eliza Doolittle actually get from Henry Higgins? —Chris Jones, chicagotribune.com, 30 Apr. 2017