第二章 语音学与音位学.pptVIP

Chapter Ⅱ As human beings we are capable of making all kinds of sounds, but only some of these sounds have become units in the language system. We can analyze speech sounds from various perspectives and the two major areas of study are phonetics and phonology. 2.1 The phonic medium of language Sounds which are meaningful in human communication constitute the phonic medium of language 2.2Phonetics 2.2.1 Phonetics Phonetics is the study of the phonic medium of language; it is concerned with all the sounds that occur in the world’s languages. Phonetics studies how speech sounds are produce