What is?

What is?

1. Phonetics

   • It is the scientific explanation about which sounds has a language, also explains how th sounds are produced and perceived
     • Phonetic describes the acoustic prerties of the different sound in a language
       • describe the physiological process of the sound production, the way as are produced and the points o articulation
         • describe the physical aspects of the sounds, the point of origin
           • describe the speech sounds, how are produced
   • physical factors
     • the process of production
       • the origin of the sound
   • ARTICULATORY FEATURES
     • PALATALIZATION: the front of the tongue approaching the hard palate
       • VELARIZATION: the back of the tonge approaching the soft palate or VELUM
         • LABIALIZATION: joining the lips
           • GLOTALIZATION: produced from the glottis, in the Adam's apple
             • NASALIZATION: the air pass simultaneously throug the nasal and oral tracts

2. Phonology

   • Is related with aspects that govern how the sounds become in words into a language
     • It tries to design a system in order to establish differences of the sounds in a language,
       • determine how the sound act in certain contexts
       • describe the behaviour, how some sounds work together with others deppending on the position, if the position is before or after
         • describe the organization of sounds and patterns
   • enviromental factors
     • the relation and functions with other sounds
       • the end of the sound
   • SUPRAGMENTAL FEATURES
     • are the set of characteristics that affect a segment largest than the phoneme. characteritics like the accent, intonation, stress, rythm. suprasegmental means that affect more than one segmentn at the same time
       • for example: the word COMFORTABLE /ˈkʌmfərtəbəl/ the pronunciation is different in the US, UK AND JAMAICA, the entonation, the rythm and stress are very different althoug refers to the same meaning