PHONETICS &

PHONOLOGY
PHONETICS
 The word “phone” means sound and “tics” means scientific or
systemic study of something. So, we can say that PHONETICS
means scientific or systematic study of human speech sounds.

 Phonetics is general study of all human speech sounds and how

they are produced, transmitted and received with no particular
reference to any one language.

 System of describing and recording the sounds of language

objectively.
BRANCHES OF PHONETICS

 The study o phonetics can be divided into three

main branches:
1. Articulatory Phonetics
2. Auditory Phonetics
3. Acoustic Phonetics
ARTICULATORY PHONETICS

It is concerned with the positions and movements

of the lips, tongue, and other speech organs in
producing speech. It analyzes on how the various
speech sounds are articulated by vocal organs.
AUDITORY PHONETICS

Auditory Phonetics is the study of hearing

and the perception of speech sounds.
ACOUSTIC PHONETICS

 This branch of phonetics is concerned with the

properties of sound waves.
 It deals with the transmission of speech sounds
through the air from one person to another.
PHONOLOGY

Phonology is the study of …

 how the speech sounds of a language are used in
that language to distinguish meaningful units
(such as word) from each other;
 how sounds are patterned in language
The Difference between Phonetics &
Phonology

PHONETICS PHONOLOGY
• Descriptive
• Theoretical
linguistics
linguistics
• NO PARTICULAR
• SPECIFIC
LANGUAGE
• All speech sounds LANGUAGE

• Patterns of
• production,
speech sounds in
transmission,
different
reception of speech
languages
sounds
The Difference between Phonetics &
Phonology

PHONETICS PHONOLOGY
• Descriptive
• Theoretical
linguistics
linguistics
• NO PARTICULAR SPEECH • SPECIFIC
LANGUAGE
SOUNDS LANGUAGE
• production,
• Patterns of
transmission,
speech sounds in
reception of speech
different
sounds
languages