Phonetics. General info

• Phonetics is...


  A significant branch of linguistics that focuses on the study of speech sounds
• Phonetics


  The science of speech sounds considered as elements of language
• Phonetics studies...

  • Concerned with how sounds are produced, transmitted, and perceived
  • Functions both as an independent science and a part of a broader linguistic framework
• Primary objects of phonetic investigation

  • Phonemes and their distribution in words
  • Mutual adaptation of sounds
  • Stress and syllable formation
  • Intonation
  • The relationship between oral and written speech
• Phoneticsand other sciences


  Intersects with various other sciences such as physics (acoustics), biology, and physiology
• Phonetics essential for


  Essential for the function of vocabulary and grammar, and serves as the medium through which these linguistic components are expressed
• Phoneticsdeal with


  Deals with the physical and physiological properties of speech sounds
• Phonology


  Concerned with the abstract, cognitive aspects of sounds in a particular language
• Aim of phonology

  Aims to establish the set of phonemes (the smallest units of sound that can distinguish meaning) in a given language and to understand their function and patterning
• Articulatory aspect


  Involves the physical production of speech sounds, examining the movement and coordination of various speech organs
• Acoustic aspect


  Deals with the physical properties of speech sounds as they travel through the air, such as frequency (pitch), amplitude (loudness), and duration
• Auditory aspect


  Focuses on the perception of speech sounds by the listener, involving the processes by which the ear and brain receive and interpret sound waves