domingo, 26 de mayo de 2013

WHAT IS LANGUAGE? BRANCHES OF PHONETICS,




WHAT IS LANGUAGE?


Language is the human capacity for acquiring and using complex systems of communication, and a language is any specific example of such a system. The scientific study of language is called linguisticsEstimates of the number of languages in the world vary between 6,000 and 7,000. However, any precise estimate depends on a partly arbitrary distinction between languages and dialects. Natural languages are spoken or signed, but any language can be encoded into secondary media using auditory, visual, or tactile stimuli, for example, in graphic writing, braile, or whistling.
This is because human language is modality-independent. When used as a general concept, "language" may refer to the cognitive ability to learn and use systems of complex communication, or to describe the set of rules that makes up these systems, or the set of utterances that can be produced from those rules. All languages rely on the process of semiosis to relate sigs with particular meanings. Oral and sign languages contain a phonological system that governs how symbols are used to form sequences known as words or morphemes, and a syntatic system that governs how words and morphemes are combined to form phrases and utterances.





Which are the branches of Phonetics?



Phonetics has three branches:

1) Acoustic Phonetics studies the physical properties of sounds made by the vocal tract. It looks at the air wave frequencies of which sounds consist. Computer programs are used to transform the sound waves to what is known as spectrum. The outputs of these programs which measure and record speech sounds are recognized as sound spectograms

2) Auditory phonetics studies how the human ear perceives sounds and how the human brain recognizes and interprets them as distinctive units.

3) Articulatory phonetics is the study of the production of sounds are by the vocal tract. it looks at the place and manner of articulating apeech sounds. It also explains how sounds can be combined together to form words. Articulatory phonetics is the main focus of this book. When thinking of articulatory phonetis, it will always be helpful to think of anatomical features of the vocal tract.


2 comentarios:

  1. Hi Yennyfer!
    Only to request you to change the spelling of the Word Language, you made a mix between English and Spanish. Try to be careful with the spelling details.

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