DR. R.

SOUNDARARAJAN
Associate Professor
PG & Research Dept. of English
National College (Autonomous)
Tiruchirapalli 620 001 PHONETICS
&
PHONOLOGY

soundararajaneng@nct.ac.in
1. Phonetics

2. Various Branches

3. Phonology

4. Production of
Speech Sounds

about
As human being we are capable of
making all kinds of sounds.

Only some of these sounds have

become UNITS in the BRANCH
LANGUAGE system. They are One of the branches
SPEECH sounds PRODUCTION 01 02 of LINGUISTICS
A scientific study
of production of
speech sounds
These speech sounds can be analyzed
in various perspectives under two HUMAN
major areas of studies – 03
PHONETICS & PHONOLOGY
Deals with
the sounds
produced by
human
beings

system Phonetic
 Main branches of PHONETICS . .
The discovery of
how speech .
How we hear
sounds are
and recognize
produced
different sounds
ARTICULATORY
PHONETICS

CENTRAL
CONCERNED ACCOUSTIC
AUDITORY PHONETICS
PHONETICS

How we can
record speech How sounds
sounds in are used in
spoken HIGH
written symbols
language

LOW
 Articulatory Phonetics is the study The study of the sound patterns and
ARTICULATO
of the production of speech sounds. sound systems of a particular
RY
PHONETICS
language, say English, in order to
determine the phonological structure
of a language. 0
1
It aims to discover
the principles that
govern the way
Acoustic Phonetics is the study of
ACOUSTIC sounds are organized
PHONETICS the physical properties of speech 02 in languages, and to
sounds. explain the
variations that occur

03
Perceptual or Auditory Phonetics
AUDITORY The most basic activity in
PHONETICS is concerned with the perception phonology is phonemic analysis
of speech sounds.
 AUDITORY Acoustic phonetics
PHONETICS Acoustic phonetics is the study of
The study of the way in which people the physical properties of speech
perceive sounds It aims to analyze sound
wave signals that occur
The study on the speech perception within speech through
varying frequencies,
investigating amplitudes and durations.
aves the hearing  
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at
arrive and amplitude (‘loudness’
on of
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Trans long the
or intensity) of a sound
a
sound y nerve to can be analyzed on a
or
audit brain waveform. 
the

We discriminate sounds – quality,

sensation of pitch, loudness, its length etc.
 Articulatory Phonetics While producing speech sounds, three
groups of organs working together

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e Artic
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Act
the various parts of the chest, neck, Articulatory
and head are used to produce speech. Passive Articulators

A fundamental goal of
Vocal Tract
articulatory phonetics is to
relate linguistic representa- Phonatory
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concerned with the physical m
mechanisms involved in
producing spoken language.