Chapter2SpeechSoundsIntroduction•Ashumanbeingswearecapableofmakingallkindsofsounds,butonlysomeofthesesoundshavebecomeunitsinthelanguagesystem
•Wecananalyzespeechsoundsfromvariousperspectivesandthetwomajorareasofstudyarephoneticsandphonology
•Phoneticsstudieshowspeechsoundsareproduced,transmitted,andperceived
•Threemainareas:•ArticulatoryPhoneticsisthestudyoftheproductionofspeechsounds
•AcousticPhoneticsisthestudyofthephysicalpropertiesofspeechsounds
•PerceptualorAuditoryPhoneticsisconcernedwiththeperceptionofspeechsounds
•Phonologyisthestudyofthesoundpatternsandsoundsystemsoflanguages
–Itaimsto‘discovertheprinciplesthatgovernthewaysoundsareorganizedinlanguages,andtoexplainthevariationsthatoccur’(Crystal,1997:162)
–Inphonologywenormallybeginbyanalyzinganindividuallanguage,sayEnglish,inorder