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  1. Phonetics | Definition, Types, Examples, & Facts | Britannica

    Oct 8, 2025 · phonetics, the study of speech sounds and their physiological production and acoustic qualities.

  2. Phonetics - Phonology, Rules, Speech | Britannica

    Oct 8, 2025 · Phonetics - Phonology, Rules, Speech: In the lexicon of a language, each word is represented in its underlying, or basic, form, which discounts all of the alternations in …

  3. Phonetics - Vowel Formants, Acoustics, Articulation | Britannica

    Oct 8, 2025 · Phonetics is part of linguistics in that one of the main aims of phonetics is to determine the categories that can be used in explanatory description of languages.

  4. phonetics summary | Britannica

    phonetics, Study of speech sounds. It deals with their articulation (articulatory phonetics), their acoustic properties (acoustic phonetics), and how they combine to make syllables, words, and …

  5. Phonology | Phonetics, Speech Sounds, Articulation | Britannica

    phonetics, the study of speech sounds and their physiological production and acoustic qualities.

  6. Phonetics - Vowel Sounds, Articulation, Acoustics | Britannica

    Oct 8, 2025 · Phonetics - Vowel Sounds, Articulation, Acoustics: Vowels traditionally have been specified in terms of the position of the highest point of the tongue and the position of the lips.

  7. Phonetics - Stops, Articulation, Acoustics | Britannica

    Oct 8, 2025 · Phonetics - Stops, Articulation, Acoustics: Stops involve closure of the articulators to obstruct the airstream. This manner of articulation can be considered in terms of nasal and …

  8. Phonetics - Stress, Intonation, Rhythm | Britannica

    Oct 8, 2025 · Phonetics - Stress, Intonation, Rhythm: Vowels and consonants can be considered to be the segments of which speech is composed. Together they form syllables, which in turn …

  9. Phonetics - Trills, Articulation, Vowels | Britannica

    Oct 8, 2025 · Phonetics - Trills, Articulation, Vowels: A trill results when an articulator is held loosely fairly close to another articulator, so that it is set into vibration by the airstream. The …

  10. Phonetic transcription | Definition, Symbols & Examples | Britannica

    phonetics, the study of speech sounds and their physiological production and acoustic qualities.