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Topic-016: Articulatory Phonetics

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Topic-016: Articulatory Phonetics

Articulatory phonetics deals with studying the making of single sounds by the vocal tract. It is the branch of phonetics which studies the way in which speech sounds are made (articulated) by the vocal organs. It derives much of its descriptive terminology from the fields of anatomy and physiology, and is sometimes referred to as physiological phonetics. This area has traditionally held a central place in the training of phoneticians, the movements involved being reasonably accessible to observation and, in principle, under the control of the investigator. The classification of sounds used in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA, for example, is based on articulatory variables. In the recent years, there has been much progress in the development of instrumental techniques for observing and measuring such factors as tongue, lip, palate and vocal fold movement. Important discussions included in this field are air Copyright Virtual University of Pakistan

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stream mechanism, speech production, places of articulation, manners of articulation, phonation voicing, and other processes such as the oro-nasal process and the description of vowel production.

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