The systematic study of speech and the sounds of language is referred to as phonetics. Traditionally phoneticians rely on careful listening and observation in order to describe speech sounds (Nolan, 2007). Phonetics is often defined with respect to phonology. Both disciplines are concerned with the sound medium of language. Phonology is concerned with the pattering of sounds in a language (and in language in general), and is thus comparable to areas of linguistics such as syntax and morphology which deal with structural elements of language at other levels. Phonetics is more centred on the way those structural elements are "realised" in the world, through movements of the speech organs which create the acoustic signal.
Several types of events in the world produce the sensation of sound which includes door slamming, violins, …show more content…
Each speech sound can be discriminated in such words as pet and set for the listener to understand the auditory message. And at a higher cognitive level, listeners can process homonyms that sound alike but have different meanings, such as, blue-blew.
6. A speech sound can have slight allophonic variation and still be recognized as the same sound. These similar sounds are referred to as allophones.
Some of the methods used to analyse speech sounds include the following:
1. Acoustic properties: duration, frequency and amplitudes of speech sound waves are analysed and imprinted on spectrograms. It also produces voice prints that can be individualized.
2. Structures of articulation: structures involved in the production of sounds are evaluated for normal structure, absence of structure, deformity of structure, nerve damage such as in dysarthria and other disorders such as in dyspraxia.
3. Perceptual interpretation: the listener’s ability is accessed in perceptual phonetics. Analysis of the listener’s acuity (how well he or she hears) and discrimination (the ability to discriminate one sound from another, such as fin and thin) are
Several types of events in the world produce the sensation of sound which includes door slamming, violins, …show more content…
Each speech sound can be discriminated in such words as pet and set for the listener to understand the auditory message. And at a higher cognitive level, listeners can process homonyms that sound alike but have different meanings, such as, blue-blew.
6. A speech sound can have slight allophonic variation and still be recognized as the same sound. These similar sounds are referred to as allophones.
Some of the methods used to analyse speech sounds include the following:
1. Acoustic properties: duration, frequency and amplitudes of speech sound waves are analysed and imprinted on spectrograms. It also produces voice prints that can be individualized.
2. Structures of articulation: structures involved in the production of sounds are evaluated for normal structure, absence of structure, deformity of structure, nerve damage such as in dysarthria and other disorders such as in dyspraxia.
3. Perceptual interpretation: the listener’s ability is accessed in perceptual phonetics. Analysis of the listener’s acuity (how well he or she hears) and discrimination (the ability to discriminate one sound from another, such as fin and thin) are