Difference Between Phonetics and Phonology

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phonetics Phonetics is a branch of Linguistics and it studies the sound characteristics of human speech. it focuses on the physical properties of speech, sounds and signs. It has a transcription system that transcribes sounds that occur in a language. The most widely known system of phonetics transcription is the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA). Its an alphabetic system of phonetic notation based primarily on the latin symbol and is a standardized set for oral phones. The study of phonetics has three basic areas of study: Articulatory phonetics, Acoustic phonetics and auditory phonetics. Articulatory phonetics is the study of the production of speech sounds by articulatory and the vocal tract by the speaker. The two classes of sounds are Consonant and Vowels. Consonants are produces by a restriction of the vocal tract that creates difficulty in the airflow from the lungs, that is also known as the place of articulation. Different sounds can be produces using the 8 main places of articulation and they are: -Bilabial, [B] Articulation is done by bringing lips together. -Labiodental, [V] Articulation is done by bottom lip touching the upper teeth. -Interdental, [θ] spelled as "th" Articulation is done by inserting the tip of the tongue between the teeth. -Alveolar, [T][N][R] Those different sounds are articulated in many ways where the tongue is raised towards the alveolar ridge. -Palatal, [J] Articulation is done by raising the front part of the tongue to the palate. -Glottal, [H] Articulation is done from the flow of the air coming from an open glottis past the tongue and lips. -Uvulars,[Q] Articulation is done by raising the back of the tongue to the uvula. Vowels on the other hand mainly concerns the airflow and the sound sources. Acoustic phonetics deals with the acoustic aspects of speech sounds. Acoustic phonetics mainly concerns the

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