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Phonolog Y: The Study of Sound Structure in Language
Phonolog Y: The Study of Sound Structure in Language
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The study of sound structure in
language
Phonetics vs Phonology
■ Both involve representations of sound
Phonetics vs Phonology
PHONETICS PHONOLOGY
Deals with ‘actual’ physical sounds as Deals with an abstract cognitive system
they are manifested in human speech. of the rules in a mental grammar of
language sounds.
Concentrates on acoustic waveforms,
formant values, measurements of Concerns with symbolic sounds
duration measured in miliseconds and (cognitive abstractions of language
of amplitude and frequency. sounds).