Difference between revisions of "Phonetics (definition)"

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Phonetics is the study of speech sounds. It is usually separated into three categories:  
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Phonetics is the study of speech sounds. It is usually separated into three subfields of study:  
  
*[[Articulatory (definition)|articulatory]]
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*[[Articulatory Phonetics (definition)|articulatory phonetics]], which studies what is involved with making the mouth create the sounds of language.
*[[Acoustic (definition)|acoustic]]
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*[[Acoustic Phonetics (definition)|acoustic phonetics]], which studies the physical properties of the stream of air of speech sounds.
*[[Auditory (definition)|auditory]]
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*[[Auditory Phonetics (definition)|auditory phonetics]], which studies the way in which the human ear processes speech sounds.
  
  
 
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Revision as of 02:09, 16 September 2009

Phonetics is the study of speech sounds. It is usually separated into three subfields of study:

  • articulatory phonetics, which studies what is involved with making the mouth create the sounds of language.
  • acoustic phonetics, which studies the physical properties of the stream of air of speech sounds.
  • auditory phonetics, which studies the way in which the human ear processes speech sounds.