Phonetics

Phonetics

1. Studies sounds of speech

   • Sounds of speech: vowels and consonants which are also called as Phones.

2. International Phonetics Alphabet:

   • In the International Phonetic Alphabet are grouped into two main categories
     • Vowels can be: front, central and back.
     • consonants
     • vowels
   • set of standard symbols used for the study of sounds.

3. -Places of articulation: produced in certain places of articulation

   • consonant sounds can be classified as:
     • Bilabials
     • labiodentals
     • Dentals and Interdentals
       • Velars
       • Alveolars
         • Post-alveolars
           • Palatals
             • Glottals

4. Manners of articulations: the way in which the air stream is modified in the vocal tract or the amount of constriction.

   • The speaker utters sounds in different manners which are called:
     • Flaps
     • Glottal Stops
       • Affricates
         • Stops
           • Fricatives
             • Nasals
               • Gildes
                 • Liquids