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Phonetics

Phonetics is a branch of linguistics focused on the study of speech sounds, including their production, properties, and perception. It distinguishes between phonetics and phonology, where phonetics deals with actual speech sounds while phonology organizes these sounds into meaningful patterns. Various phonological processes and disorders are discussed, along with the differences in phonetic features across different varieties of English.

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Phonetics

Phonetics is a branch of linguistics focused on the study of speech sounds, including their production, properties, and perception. It distinguishes between phonetics and phonology, where phonetics deals with actual speech sounds while phonology organizes these sounds into meaningful patterns. Various phonological processes and disorders are discussed, along with the differences in phonetic features across different varieties of English.

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Phonetics- a branch of linguistics accents and durations in music or open or closed, open end with a of sound i.e.

ith a of sound i.e. stop- top, addition of


that deals with speech sounds. Looks speech vowel while closed end with a sound i.e. mbus.
at individual speech sounds i.e. /k/ /d/ Differences between phonetics and consonant. phonological disorder- attributed to a
/b/ and their properties, also looks at phonology- phonetics is the study of pattern of sound errors. Voice
universal speech sounds. speech sounds in natural language disorders; hearsness, stammering,
Varieties of phonetics- articulatory- and language specific whereas apraxia of speech- inconsistent
production of sounds, acoustic- phonology is the organization of production of speech rearranging
properties of sounds, auditory- speech sounds in a particular sounds in a word, dysatria- inability
perception of sound. language. Phonetics have both to produce speech i.e. cerebral palsy,
Articulatory phonetics- meaningful and meaningless speech muteness- complete inability to
classification of sound (consonants, structures that include translation, speak.
vowels) articulation and perception of sounds Symptoms of speech disorder-
Consonants- there’s obstruction in whereas phonology looks at repeating certain sound, adding extra
the vocal tract, maybe voiced or meaningful/distinctive sounds sounds in words, rearranging
voiceless. Classification of including speech sound patterns and Tempo- rate of speech. syllable, hearsness, blinking severally
consonants- place of articulation- is meaning. Phonetics has branches like Functions of prosody/ while talking.
where the obstruction takes place. i.e. articulatory, acoustic and auditory suprasegmental phonology- used to Varieties of English- is a universal
Bilabial- /b/ /p/ /m/, labiodental- /f/ whereas phonology has segmental add meaning by expressing emotions, sociolinguistic phenomenon. i.e.
/v/, alveolar- /t/ /d/ /s/ /n/, palatal- and supra-segmental. Phonetics deals remove ambiguity from speech, British English, American English.
/j/ /s/, velar- /k/ /g/, glottal- /h/, with actual speech sounds whereas create rhythm in poetry. other; Indian, Canadian, Australian.
dental- /f/, post alveolar- /ts/ /dƷ/, phonology deals with abstract speech Phonological disorders and Language varies at different levels
choir- /k/ chair /ts/ chores. Manner of sounds/mental representation of process- phonological process- i.e. phonetic, phonological,
articulation- how the airstream is speech sounds. Phonetics provides patterns of sound error that typically morphological.
obstructed. i.e. stops/plosives- /p/ raw materials for phonology whereas develop in children, used to simplify Phonological features of Kenyan
/b/ /t/ /d/ /g/, fricatives- /dƷ/ /ts/ /f/, phonology builds on phonetics. speech as they start to talk or change English- it follows the 5-vowel
nasals- /n/ /m/ /s/, approximants- Phonotactics- made up of phonemes in sound, undergo in a particular system i.e. at, heart, hat. non-rhotic
/w/ /s/ /r/, laterals- /l/. voiced and deals with the system of phonological environment. i.e. car, water. Less vowel length
consonants- /b/ /m/ /n/ /d/ /v/ /s/ /g/. permissible sound patterns in a Substitution phonological process- contrast i.e. hard, had. Lack of mid
voiceless consonants- /k/ /s/ /h/ /p/ /t/. particular language, it is language backness- /t/ /d/ alveola replaced central vowels i.e. cut, cat, about.
Vowels- produced with no specific, examines syllable and word with /k/ /g/ which are behind the Monothongnization. Consonant
obstruction. There’s free flow of air, clusters explaining what is possible mouth i.e. dog- gog. substitution i.e. results of first
all vowels are voiced and nasal. and not possible and how different Fronting- when velar /k/ /g/ are language of influence. Insertion i.e.
classification of vowels- tongue patterns affect different meanings. replaced with alveola /t/ /d/. boy, mboy. Shrubbing i.e. sugar, suga
height, tongue backness, lip i.e. consonant cluster ‘ts’ may occur Stoping- when fricative is replaced Phonological features of British
rounding, tenseness. in initial word in English- strong, with a stop i.e. fun- pun English – non- rhotic i.e. car, water.
street, strand but not permissible in Labialization- when a non-labial is T- stopping i.e. fifth. R- dropping i.e.
the end of the word, consonant pronounced like a labial i.e. tie- pie. car, water. Diphthongization i.e. feed,
cluster ‘dh’ is permissible in Swahili. Phoneme substitution- when food ee oo are diphthongized.
The contrastive relationship of voiceless velar is replaced with a Phonological features of American
phoneme in phonotactics maybe voiced velar i.e. gas- kas. English- rhotic sound r is produced
paradigmatic- vertical in nature and Assimilation phonological process- i.e. car, beer, fear, hard, form, first.
involves minimal pairs. when it Progressive assimilation- sound Accent is prosodic/ sincerity. Vowel
Phonetics provide raw materials for occurs, the two sounds must be in becomes like the sound it follows i.e. shift i.e. cot /kat/, caught /kot/. T-
phonology; sounds are combined to binary opposition to each other or impossible- /m/ becomes a plosive glottalization i.e. water, button.
make meaningful units. syntagmatic- horizontal in nature, like /p/. Vowel reduction i.e. America,
Phonology- a branch of linguistics involves consonant and vowel Regressive assimilation- sound banana.
that deals with organization of sound classes, deals with sound become like the proceeding sound i.e. Phonetic transcription-
pattern. Looks at a group of sounds patterns/organization. bomb. transcription of phonetic symbols.
and meaningful sounds of a particular Minimal pairs- words are Nasalization- where nasal affects Narrow transcription- transcription
language. pronounced the same except for one sound just before it. i.e. sin. that uses phones. It gives extra
Varieties of phonology- segmental- sound in similar position i.e. thigh Dissimilation- when sound segment information of how a word sounds
units of sounds (individual speech (Ɵai) thy (ðai). is staged to make it less like an i.e. Puff (ph˄f) /p/ is aspirated,
sounds) phones- the smallest distinct Minimal sets- are a group of words adjacent sound segment i.e. fifth meaning when pronouncing it we
units of a sound in a language, that defer by only one phoneme and /fifƟ/. have an extra puff of air that comes
Phonemes- minimal distinctive changing any one phoneme creates a Syllable structure- out. /p/ /ph/- allophones.
sounds of a word in a particular new word. i.e. mouse, house. Cluster reduction- consonant is Broad transcription- transcription
language, are mental representation Complementary distribution- they reduced to a single consonant that uses phoneme i.e. puff- /p˄f/.
of actual sounds and not always the occur in different intersecting structure i.e. blue- blu. Theories of phonology- generative-
same as orthographic letters. i.e. environs, are mutually exclusive but Final consonant deletion- final focuses on generating linguistic
jug /dƷ/. are usually the same. i.e. allophones. consonant cluster is left out i.e. coup structures through underlying
allophones- are variations of a Contrastive distribution- vowel reduction- vowel segment is representations and phonological
phoneme that occur in different relationship between two different not fully articulated i.e. maintain- rules, emphasizes use of formal
phonetic contexts but do not change elements in which both elements are men.ten. models i.e. finite state machines.
the meaning of a word. Supra- formed in the same environment but epenthesis- sound is added between Non- linear- proposes that linguistic
segmental- prosody (stress- with a change in meaning i.e. two consonants i.e. film- filim. elements such as segments and
emphasis placed on a particular phonemes. Metathesis- syllable structure is suprasegmental features can be
syllable within a word or a phrase i.e. Phonological features- system disarranged i.e. ask- aks. organized in hierarchical structures.
project- noun, project- verb. Creates designed to distinguish all possible Phonological disorders- problems in Introduces concepts such as metric
rhythm, highlight info, remove speech from each other as well as producing the sounds of speech. Can phonology. Optimality- is a
ambiguity. Primary stress- syllable help group sounds into natural be divided into articulation and constraint-based approach to
with the most emphasis in a word, classes. i.e. major class features- phonological disorder. Articulation phonology that views language as an
secondary stress- syllable that has identifies two broad classes of disorder- involve difficulty in optimization process. Allows for
focus but not as strong as primary., consonants. i.e. consonants and making specific speech sounds and more elegant account of language
intonation- pattern of pitch changes vowels. inability to produce speech sounds universals and language-specific
in speech particularly across phrases Syllable- meaningful part of a word correctly. Distortion of sound i.e. patterns.
and sentences, pitch/tone- perceived and can be a word or part of a word thigh (ð) sigh (ʃ), substitution of Orthography- refers to the
frequency of a sound wave and is one and must follow phonotactic rules. sound i.e. probox- brobox, omission standardized system of writing a
of the primary perceptual attributes i.e. cry- /krai/. A syllable may be language using a set of symbols.
of sound, rhythm- pattern of beats,

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