Introduction to Phonetics Phonology PDF

Introduction to Phonetics Phonology Phonetics & Phonology Handout 1 Dr. Mohamad Yahya Abdullah Introduction to Phonetics Phonology 1. Phonetics & Phonology 2. Accents and Dialects  1. Phonetics & Phonology Phonetics is the study and classific...

Introduction to Phonetics Phonology Phonetics & Phonology Handout 1 Dr. Mohamad Yahya Abdullah Introduction to Phonetics Phonology 1. Phonetics & Phonology 2. Accents and Dialects  1. Phonetics & Phonology Phonetics is the study and classification of speech sounds. It is concerned with the physical properties of speech sounds, including their physiological production, acoustic properties, and auditory perception. Basically, it studies how sounds are produced, transmitted and received. Phonetics can be classified into three subcategories: a) articulatory phonetics, b) acoustic phonetics, and c) auditory phonetics.  1. Phonetics & Phonology a) Articulatory phonetics studies the production of speech sounds by the articulatory and vocal tract of the speaker. b) Acoustic phonetics studies the physical transmission of speech sounds from the speaker to the listener. c) Auditory phonetics studies the reception and perception of speech sounds by the listener.  1. Phonetics & Phonology Phonology is the system of contrastive relationships among the speech sounds that constitute the fundamental components of a language. It is the study of sounds, especially different patterns of sounds in different languages. It studies how sounds are combined together to form words and how sounds alternate in different languages. It also studies the inventory of sounds and their features in a language and the pragmatics rules which specify how sounds interact with each other. Phonology is also involved in the history and theory of sound changes in a language or in two or more related languages.  1. Phonetics & Phonology Difference Between Phonetics and Phonology Phonetics Phonology Phonetics is the study of speech sounds. Phonology is the study of the speech sounds used in a language. Phonetics belong to descriptive Phonology belongs to theoretical linguistics. linguistics. Phonetics studies the production, Phonology studies different patterns of transmission, reception of sound. sounds in different languages. Phonetics does not study one particular Phonology can study one specific language. language.  2. Accents and Dialects Languages are pronounced differently (different accents) by people from different geographical places, from different social classes, of different ages and different educational backgrounds. Accent refers to the differences occur on pronunciation. Dialect refers to the variety of a language which is different from others not just in pronunciation but also in such matters as vocabulary, grammar and word order.  2, Accents and Dialects Received Pronunciation or RP is the accent of Standard English in the United Kingdom. RP is defined in the Concise Oxford English Dictionary as "the standard accent of English as spoken in the south of England“. Only 3% people speak RP, it enjoys high social prestige in Britain. RP is most familiar as the accent used by most announcers and newsreaders on BBC and British independent television broadcasting channels, a preferable name is BBC pronunciation.