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Phonetics (basics) Flashcards

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What is phonetics?

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The study of the sounds of speech

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Three subfields of phonetics

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Articulatory phonetics, acoustic phonetics, perception

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Articulatory phonetics

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How speech sounds are made in the body (incl. transcription)

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Acoustic phonetics

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Physical properties of the sounds made

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Perception

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What happens once the sound wave reaches the listener’s ears

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