Concepts of Phonetics and Phonology

 


English phonetics is one of the most fascinating and sometimes challenging areas of language learning. Understanding how words sound, how sounds are produced and how they are grouped together to form linguistic patterns is essential to improving your pronunciation and listening comprehension. Throughout this blog, we will explore the basics of English phonetics, from vowel and consonant sounds to the intonations and stresses that give English its character.


Phonetics 

Phonetics is a scientific description of what speech sounds exist in a language. It represents how they are produced and perceived and what acoustic properties they have. Thus, it can be put in the class of natural sciences (Iyabode, 2011). 


Phonology

Phonology is concerned with the regularities that govern the phonetic realisations of sounds in words of a language. It looks at and tries to establish a system of sound distinctions relevant to a particular language (Iyabode, 2011).








References

Iyabode, O. D. (2011). Chapter one: Phonetics and Phonology definition and distinction. In Introductory Phonetics and Phonology of English. (pp. 1-3). Cambridge Scholars Publishing. https://research-ebsco-com.bibliotecavirtual.unad.edu.co/linkprocessor/plink?id=fabd1d1d-34df-3a1f-bf03-447ddd1f662c


 


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