Kamis, 24 Maret 2016

Phonology


what is phonology?

       Phonology is study of the sound patterns that occur within languages. Some linguists include phonetics, the study of the production and description of speech sounds, within the study of phonology.
    




The diagram below shows some of the more important speech organs.

Speech organs - click for a larger version
This kind of diagram helps us to understand what we observe in others but is less useful in understanding our own speech. Scientists can now place small cameras into the mouths of experimental subjects, and observe some of the physical movements that accompany speech. But most of us move our vocal organs by reflexes or a sense of the sound we want to produce, and are not likely to benefit from watching movement in the vocal fold.

Here is an illustration that shows the place of phonology in an interacting hierarchy of levels in linguistics:





















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