Phonetics

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What do phoneticians specialize in studying?

  • Morphology
  • Phonetics (correct)
  • Syntax
  • Semantics

Which branch of linguistics studies how humans produce and perceive sounds?

  • Morphology
  • Syntax
  • Semantics
  • Phonetics (correct)

What is the minimal linguistic unit of phonetics?

  • Allophone
  • Morpheme
  • Phoneme
  • Phone (correct)

Which sub-discipline of phonetics focuses on how humans plan and execute movements to produce speech?

<p>Articulatory phonetics (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the phoneme defined as?

<p>An abstract categorization of phones (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

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Study Notes

Phonetics and Phonology

  • Phoneticians specialize in studying the physical properties of speech sounds and how they are produced and perceived.

Branch of Linguistics

  • Phonetics is the branch of linguistics that studies how humans produce and perceive sounds.

Minimal Linguistic Unit

  • The minimal linguistic unit of phonetics is the phone, which is a distinct speech sound.

Sub-discipline of Phonetics

  • Articulatory phonetics is the sub-discipline of phonetics that focuses on how humans plan and execute movements to produce speech.

Phoneme

  • The phoneme is defined as a unit of sound in a language that distinguishes one word from another.

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