Jasmin D.

Papata
English 55 – FF

A NUTSHELL OF PHONOLOGY & PHONETICS

PHONOLOGY PHONETICS

is about the abstract aspect of sounds Is about the physical aspect of the
and it studies the phonemes (phonemic sounds. It studies the production of
transcriptions adopt the slash //. speech sounds bu the vocal tract of
the speaker.

Theoretical Linguistics Descriptive Linguistics

Phonemic transcription // Phonetic transcription [ ]

Sounds of a particular language All speech sounds (universal)

Studies phonemes Studies phones

Studies different patterns of sounds in Studies the production, transmission

different language and reception of the sound

Can study one specific language Does not study one particular
language

Distribution/Function Production/Articulation

Allophones, minimal pairs, intonation, Vocal tract, phonation type,

syllables, phonological rules characteristics of sound

Inventories, phonotactics, alternations Articulatory, auditory, acoustic

(anatomy)