Phonetics

Phonetics is....

• a separate science

• a brunch of linguistics

• a brunch of lexicology

• scientific research

Phonetics deals with...

• phonemes and their distribution in words,

  their mutual adaptation, syllable formation, stress, intonation, the relation between oral and

  written speech and a number of other problems.

• phonemes only

• every feature of a word – including formation, spelling, origin, usage, and definition

• small components called morphemes

Speech sounds have aspects:

• articulatory, acoustic, auditory, and functional

• positive, negative and neutral

• single, plural and multiple

• elementary, complicated and medium

The branch of phonetics which is concerned with the study, description and classification of

speech sounds as regards their production by the human organs of speech is called...

• articulatory phonetics

• phonology

• acoustic phonetics

• auditory phonetics

The branch of phonetics investigating the perception process is known as...

• phonology

• auditory phonetics

• acoustic phonetics

• articulatory phonetics

This brunch studies the acoustic aspect of speech sounds (their physical properties).

• articulatory phonetics

• phonology

• auditory phonetics

• acoustic phonetics

The branch of phonetics that studies the functional (linguistic, social) aspect of speech sounds

and all the other components of the sound matter of the language (syllabic structure, word

stress and intonation) is called...

• auditory phonetics

• phonology

• articulatory phonetics

• acoustic phonetics

Traditionally phonetics is divided into...

• human phonetics and animal phonetics

• song phonetics and speech phonetics

• special phonetics and general phonetics

• loud phonetics and quite phonetics

The methods of direct observation...

• are based on the

  use of special technical devices, such as hand mirror, intonograph, xray photography and

  cinematography and others.

• work if one listens to other people's speech.

• don't work in the modern and complicated world.

• consist in

  observing the movements and positions of one’s own or other people’s organs of speech in

  pronouncing various speech sounds.

Instrumental methods...

• are the part of the oldest phonetics researches

• are based on the

  use of special technical devices, such as hand mirror, intonograph, xray photography and

  cinematography and others.

• are methods of cheking the way of sounding of musical instruments.

• consist in

  observing the movements and positions of one’s own or other people’s organs of speech in

  pronouncing various speech sounds.