It is the study of the sound features used in a language to communicate meaning.
• The features are: phoneme Word stress sentences stress intonation PHONEME Is the smallest unit of sound that distinguishes one Word from another Word in a language. (meaning in a language) the way we understand a language. /bju:tIfl/ THEY ARE INDIVIDUAL SOUNDS. THAT PUT TOGETHER GIVE “BEAUTIFUL”. INDIVIDUAL SOUNDS REPRESENTED WITH A PHONEMIC SCRIPT.