Phonetics and Phonology Phonetics is a basic branch

Phonetics and Phonology Phonetics is a basic branch of linguistics, which studies speech sounds of a particular language. Phonology is a branch of linguistics, closely related to phonetics, which studies the manners of organisation and usage of the speech sounds in natural languages. Larionova Regina 872(2e)

Methods of investigation in phonetics objective (we use special laboratory equipment: -spectograph -intonograph) subjective (involves the use of various instrumental techniques: -palatography -photography -cinematography -laryngoscopy) Acoustic Phonetics using spectrographs make precise measurements