Difference between revisions of "Acoustic Phonetics (definition)"

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Acoustic phonetics is the study of the physical properties of speech sounds, such as amplitude, frequency, pitch etc.

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−	~~A particular field of~~ phonetics ~~which~~ is ~~concerned with~~ the ~~specifics~~ of ~~sound once it is produced. Acoustic phonetics focuses on elements~~ of ~~sound~~ such as frequency, ~~duration, intensity~~ etc. Sound can be recorded and then represented on a chart called a spectrogram, which helps visualize these elements. Depending on the look of each sound's spectrogram phoneticians can tell what type of sound was being made, specifics about how it was produced, and how a hearer might perceive the sound.	+	Acoustic [[Phonetics (definition)\|phonetics]] is the study of the physical properties of speech sounds, such as amplitude, frequency, pitch etc.

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