Phonetics and Phonology (ENG)
VU description of phoneme as a combination of different features (e.g., d as a phoneme and its features –
alveolar, stop, voiced, oral and central) in a binary (+ -) order which is an important component of phonology. Moreover, the feature analysis may also include aspects of the target
language as the part of ELT (English Language Teaching learning point of view. Remember that we need to include three principles for feature analysis contrastive function (how it is different, descriptive function (what it is) and classificatory function (based on broader classes of sounds. Features may also be studied further as apart of language universals and then their role as language specific subsets.
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