Definition of phonetics Phonetics

/fʌnɛˈtɪks/ - [funetiks] - pho•net•ics

We found 7 definitions of phonetics from 6 different sources.

What does phonetics mean?

Plural: phonetics

phonetics - the branch of acoustics concerned with speech processes including its production and perception and acoustic analysis

acoustics the study of the physical properties of sound

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phonetics (Noun)
The study of the physical sounds of human speech, concerned with the physical properties of speech sounds phones, and the processes of their physiological production, auditory reception, and neurophysiological perception, and their representation by written symbols.

phonetics (n.)
The doctrine or science of sounds; especially those of the human voice; phonology.
phonetics (n.)
The art of representing vocal sounds by signs and written characters.

phonetics
A branch of linguistics that comprises the study of the sounds of human speech.

Phonetics (from the Greek word φωνή, "phone" which means 'sound' or 'voice') is the science of the sounds of human speech. Phonetic theory regards the nature of sounds in speech (called phones) and how they are made, heard and thought of. Phonology, which came from it, studies sound systems and sound units (such as phonemes and distinctive features). Phonetics is one of the two parts of orthographical linguistics, the other part being spelling, differing from grammar and lexis.

There are more than 100 different phones recognized by the International Phonetic Association (IPA) and are shown in their writing system called the International Phonetic Alphabet.

The first time phonetics was studied was 2,500 years ago in what is now India, with, when he wrote about the place and manner of articulation of consonants in Sanskrit in his 5th century BC essay on Sanskrit linguistics. The major Indic scripts today order their consonants the way did.