Phonetics

Phonetics

Basic concepts

Phone: The word ‘phone ’means sound.  It is derived from the Greek language.-

Phoneme: The word ‘phoneme’ means an individual speech sound.

Phonetics: ‘Phonetics’ is the study of the speech sounds of all languages in general.

Phonology: ‘Phonology’ is the study of the sound system of any particular language.

Phonetics and Branches of Phonetics

                                               Production/Articulation

Phonetics                                Transmission

                                               Reception

Phonetics is concerned with the production, transmission and reception of speech sounds.

  Types of Phonetics:

o   Articulatory  Phonetics: The production of speech sounds by the organs  of speech.

o   Acoustic Phonetics: The transmission of sound

o   Auditory Phonetics: Reception and interpretation of speech sounds.