What is phonetics? Phonetics is the scientific study of speech sounds. It consists of three main sub-fields: Articulatory phonetics = how speech sounds are produced Acoustic phonetics = how speech sounds are transmitted from producer to perceiver Perceptual phonetics = how speech sounds are perceived
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What is phonetics? Phonetics is the scientific study of speech sounds. It consists of three main sub-fields: Articulatory phonetics = how speech sounds.
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What is phonetics?
Phonetics is the scientific study of speech sounds. It consists of three main sub-fields:
Articulatory phonetics
= how speech sounds are produced
Acoustic phonetics
= how speech sounds are transmitted from producer to perceiver
Perceptual phonetics
= how speech sounds are perceived
The Organs of speech
Features of Consonants
Voicing (state of the glottis)Place of articulationManner of articulation
Place of Articulation
Place of articulation identifies the location of articulators
• To describe phonetic features of consonants, list (a) voicing (b) place of articulation and (c) manner of articulation for consonants (3 features)
e.g. [p] = Voiceless bilabial stop
[z] = Voiced alveolar fricative
Features of vowels
• All vowels in English are voiced and involve a continuous flow of air through the oral cavity. English vowels can be categorized by 4 distinctive features: