phonetics
pronunciation
How to pronounce phonetics in British English:
UK [fəˈnetɪks]
How to pronounce phonetics in American English:
US [fəˈnetɪks]
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- Noun:
- the branch of acoustics concerned with speech processes including its production and perception and acoustic analysis
Word Origin
- phonetics (n.)
- "scientific study of speech," 1841, from phonetic; also see -ics.
Example
- 1. This is the way I am teaching you phonetics .
- 2. For over four decades the boffins tried to program computers to " understand " the structure and phonetics of language .
- 3. Current interests involve : discourse analysis , sla , pragmatics , phonetics and phonology of an english language .
- 4. To have a good pronunciation you have to study phonetics conscientiously .
- 5. I have used some technical terms of phonetics , but they are always ( I hope ) introduced in a context which makes it clear roughly what they mean .