phonetics Flashcards
experimental
study and experimentation of speech sounds
include development of synthesized speech
major branches
experimental
articulatory
acoustic perceptual
applied
articulatory
study of how sounds are produceda
acoustic
nature of speech sounds
perceptual
speech sound reception
applied
phonetics for purpose of solving problems
normative
clinical
linguistic
normative
study of normal speech
clinical
remediation of speech disorders
linguistic
historical
descriptive
comparative
dialectology
pragmatic
transcriptional
historical
development of sounds over time
descriptive
study of sounds at one point in time
comparative
differences and similarities of sounds of two languages
dialectology
impact of language on sound variations
pragmatics
purposeful changes in sound productions due to situations
why is it important to analyze speech sounds
improve artificial speech and voice recognition
improve ones ability to imitate sounds from other languages and master dialect variations
segments
phonemes
features
place
manner
voice
syllables
one or more segments combined
must include vowel
consonants
narrow or complete obstruction of vocal tract
voiced or voiceless