Phonology is that branch of linguistics which studies the sound system of languages. The sound system involves

• the actual pronunciation of words, which can be broken up into the smallest units of pronunciation, known as a segment or a phoneme. ( The words pat, chat and fat have different phonemes at the beginning, and so phonemes contrast with each other to produce different words.)
  
• prosody – pitch, loudness, tempo and rhythm – the 'music' of speech. (Other terms used are non-segmental phonology or supra-segmental phonology.)
  

Oh, how I adore EL2111: Historical Variation in English.

Sunday -- the Day of Last-minute Work. I can practically hear my lecture slides calling my name! Nooooooo.

I'm thinking about chocolate. Warm, melted and thick. Dark. Sinful, yet oh-so-tempting. Temptation. Tempt, tempter, tempted.

Mmmmhmm. Happy Chinese New Year, everyone. Bring on the ang pows and pineapple tarts!

I think it was the chocolate that did it.