Phonology: It is the branch of Linguistics that deals with the sounds of

speech and their production, combination, description, and

representation by written symbols. It includes the changes in speech
sounds throughout the time (Old English – Modern English) and how do
speakers organize speech sounds to produce meaning.

Phonetics studies language in general. It focuses on how our human organs

are capable of producing sounds. It has a physiological level. Phonetics is
divided into three fields:

 Articulatory phonetics: the study of the production of human

sounds by the articulatory and vocal tract by the speaker.
 Acoustic phonetics: the study of the physical transmission of speech
sounds from the speaker to the listener.
 Auditory phonetics: the study of the reception and perception of
speech sounds by the listener.

Language: human vocal noise ( or