orthoepy - a term formerly used for the part of phonology that dealt with the `correct' pronunciation of words and its relation to `correct' orthography

descriptive linguistics, synchronic linguistics - an explanation of a person's mastery of their native language

syncopation, syncope - (phonology) the loss of sounds in the interior of a word (as in `fo'c'sle' for `forecastle')

vocalic, syllabic - of liquids and nasals

nonvocalic, nonsyllabic, consonantal - of liquids and nasals