PHONETICS

Definition of Phonetics

Phonetics from the greek word meaning sound or voice. 

Phonetics is the field of linguistics that studies the sounds of language regardless of whether the sound has a function as a differentiator meaning or not . Then , according to the order of the occurrence of the sounds of language.

There are 3 types of Phonetics :

types of phonetics

• ARTICULATORY PHONETICS

          Articulatory phonetics , is the study of how the mechanism of speaking tools that exist in the human body to produce the sounds of language ( Glenson . 1955).

How is the sound of the language is spoken and created , and how the language sounds are classified based on their articulation. The type of phonetic is relating to linguistic so by linguists particularly phonetic experts tend to put in linguistics . Phonetic articulatory phonetics also called organic or physiological phonetics , studying the mechanism of how the tools work and produce human speech sounds of language , and how these sounds are classified .

• ACOUSTIC PHONETICS

Acoustic phonetics learns the sounds of language as the event of Physical or natural phenomena ( Malberg , 1963: 5-20 ) . The sounds that investigated the vibration frequency , amplitude , intensity. The study of the nature of sound and classify sounds based on the nature of the sound . Phonetics of this type relates to physics.

• AUDITORY PHONETICS 

 

Auditory phonetics learns how the mechanics of the ear receives the sounds of language as air vibrations . Phonetic audiotoris more with regard to medicine, namely neurology , although there is a possibility of linguistics also worked in both the phonetic field .

 

The organ of speech

 

process of producing speech

Definition of Consonant & Vowels

 CONSONANTS:

Consonant is a speech sound made by completely or partly stopping the flow of air being breathed out throught the mouth.

For example in pictures 1.1 , 1.2 ,1.3

1.1 place and manner of articulation

1.2 place of articulation

 

1.3 IPA consonants

Voiced is the vibration effect made by the vocal cord when producing particular sound.
Voiceless , there should be no vibration on the vocal cord when producing particular sound.

VOWEL:

Vowel is a speech sound in which the mouth is open and the tounge is not touching the top of the mouth,teeth,etc.
 
 

A combination of two vowels sounds or two vowel letters is Diphtongs.For example :the word pipe /ai/ is a combination of two vowel sounds,and doubt /ou/ is a combination of two vowel letters. Diphtongs is divided into two: closing and centering diphtong. Further explanation can be seen below.

1. Closing diphtong : based on the movement of human mouth,from open to close.

examples:

/ei/ ; say,late,great
/ai/ ; buy,eye,my
/ou/ ; so,go,low

      2. Centering diphtong : based on the movement of human mouth ,from close to open.

examples:
 

/iə/ ; here,clear,peer

/eə/ ; chair,air

/uə/ ; sure,poor

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