| − | '''Phonology''' is the study of the organization and use of sounds in natural languages.<ref>[http://www.sil.org/linguistics/GlossaryOfLinguisticTerms/WhatIsPhonology.htm Phonology, from LinguaLinks Library]</ref> | + | '''Phonology''' is the study of the organization and use of sounds in natural languages.<ref>[http://www.sil.org/linguistics/GlossaryOfLinguisticTerms/WhatIsPhonology.htm Phonology, from LinguaLinks Library]</ref> Phonologists describe and categorize the sounds of speech using the [[IPA|international phonetic alphabet]], a system of symbols used to unambiguously represent individual speech sounds in all the world's languages. |