Because of its importance in communication, the study of language as both a communicational and acoustic system is highly developed. Here we touch on only the most basic definitions in each area.
A) Linguistics:
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Phonetics |
Phonemics |
Phonology |
Phoneme |
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Phone |
Morpheme |
Allophone |
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B) Speech acoustics:
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Vowel |
Consonant |
Formant |
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Sibilance |
Vocal Stop |
Sonagram |