Lecture2Phoneticsandphonology讲课.pptVIP

Phonetics The study of the speech sounds that occur in all human languages is called Phonetics. The task of phonetics is to identify what are speech sounds in a language and then to study their characteristics Branches of Phonetics 1). Articulatory Phonetics ---- the production 2). Acoustic Phonetics ----physical properties 3). Auditory Phonetics ---perception Articulatory Phonetics I. Speech Organs; II. Consonants; III. Vowels; IV. Coarticulation V. Phonetic transcription II. Consonants 2.1 Definition; 2.2 Subdivisions; 2.1 Definition A consonant is a speech sound made by