语言学Chapter3_phonetics.pptVIP

Teaching aims: let the students have the general idea about phonetics Focal points: description of consonants and vowels; SOME BACKGROUND CONCEPTS 1. The phonic medium of language Speech and writing Speech is more basic than writing. In linguistic evolution, speech is prior to writing. The writing system is always invented to record speech. Speech plays a greater role than writing in everyday communication in terms of the amount information conveyed. Speech is always the way in which every native speaker acquires his mother tongue. Linguists are not interested in all sounds; they are conce