Wednesday, September 3, 2014

What is Phonetics?

You can find many definitions of what is phonetics, and it is really hard to decide which one is the best.  That’s why I chose six definitions that in their particular way address important aspects of what is phonetics and what studying phonetics involves.
Here they are:
  1. Phonetics is the study of the articulatory and acoustic properties of the sounds of human language.
  2. The branch of linguistics that deals with the sounds of speech and their production, combination, description, and representation by written symbols.
  3. The system of sounds of a particular language.
  4. Phonetics (from the Greekφωνήphōnē, “sound, voice”) is a branch oflinguistics that comprises the study of the sounds of human speech.[1] It is concerned with the physical properties of speech sounds (phones): their physiological production, acoustic properties, auditory perception, and neurophysiological status.
  5. The study of speech sounds, their production and combination, and their representation by written symbols.
  6. The description and analysis of the sounds of a particular language.
Now you have an idea what is phonetics.  Now, I encourage you to write a paragraph about what do you think learning Phonetics is important for you as a B.A. in English student?  Just click on the post a comment section.

18 comments:

  1. Phonetic (Greek: φωνή, phone, "sound, voice") is a branch of linguistics that comprises the study of the sounds of human speech. It refers to the physical properties of speech sounds (phones): their physiological production, acoustic properties, auditory perception, and neurophysiological status.

    This was the definition that says exactly what is phonetics. Which really helped me as a word correctly and how to read the symbols of the IPA. It is one of the subjects that I like because there are words that do not know how to pronounce it and thanks to the phonetic is pronounced as properly.

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  2. Phonetic (Greek: φωνή, phone, "sound, voice") is a branch of linguistics that comprises the study of the sounds of human speech. It refers to the physical properties of speech sounds (phones): their physiological production, acoustic properties, auditory perception, and neurophysiological status.

    This was the definition that says exactly what is phonetics. Which really helped me as a word correctly and how to read the symbols of the IPA. It is one of the subjects that I like because there are words that do not know how to pronounce it and thanks to the phonetic is pronounced as properly.

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  3. Phonics is important to us because it helps us improve our pronunciation and improve our English. also gives us the capacity to learn the sound of each symbol and thus as we can utter a word either in English or other languages due the IPA.
    Phonetics a discipline of linguistic that focuses on the study of the sounds used in speech and is the study of the articulatory and acoustic properties of the sounds of human language.

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  4. I think phonetic is important because it allow us to have a good pronunciation and then we can communicate our ideas better, and the people around us can understand us. Phonetic give us the chance to learn different phonetic symbols and its correct pronunciation.

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  5. florez deyanira@gmail.comSeptember 10, 2014 at 7:40 AM

    Is the study of human speech and the pruduction and perception of sounds for correct pronunciation. I think is important for me because is alllows me to the sounds of the words as I say and write properly.

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  6. ENRIQUE BARRERA: The phonetics are important for me, it's interesting the knowledge, not only in english language, all the languages have the same phonetics, only for 2 o 3 differences of symbols. I think that is important too for guide the pronunciation so clearly, but it's difficult for the vowels and the consonant rules, make it "special" kind of us. It will be interesting. I feel ready for it.

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  7. For me, Phonetics is the study of the sounds of letters and vowels. which improves pronunciation and communication between people which is achieved, it is important to understand the phonetic sound that is very important when talking.

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  8. HELLO! In the second class we were comment the classification of consonant sounds, and going to lab work and remember the pronunciation. i think phonetics is the study of the sounds of human speech , its help us have a good undertanding and idea in a Word.

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  9. In the third class, the profesor explain the vowel sound and we going to lab work and saw videos about vowel sounds.I consider that the importance of vowels is distinguishing one word from another varies from language to language.

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  10. phonetics is very important for me because this is base for to speak in the correct form and to understand who said my partner or somebody that speak the language.

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  11. phonetic is a clasmate very important to improve the pronuntiation of the words in l English language and the class with you is dinamic and many time I do not forget some pronuntiation in differents words. I'ts a sign that I'm getting better but I know that is necesary study always the simbols and practic alone at home.

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  12. in the sendond class with the teacher Eva we can practic Color Vowel Word List placing each word in a list of the name of differents colors. it was many words and the next class we finish at clasroom. because I forgot continue it at home and also thats words was in the plataform ...:s I did not know ,I forgot chek, but it does not happen again. :)

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  13. this is base for to speak in the correct form and to understand who said my partner

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  14. This day Sept 3rd, had a lot of information about phonetic. like the classification of the vowels and the part of speech (tongue, teeth, etc.). and the history of Arthur the Rat what makes all english pronunciation.

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  15. Teacher you have 4 post and you asked for 5,
    In my 5 I want you to say thank you, for share all ur knowledge, and make this very different like all your courses, you always be an excellent teacher and I hope to see you in the future.

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  16. it is so interesting that i would like to be like a master in phonetic.

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