What is phonetics? Phonetics , the study of speech sounds and their physiological production and acoustic qualities. It deals with the configurations of the vocal tract used to produce speech sounds (articulatory phonetics), the acoustic properties of speech sounds (acoustic phonetics), and the manner of combining sounds so as to make syllables, words, and sentences (linguistic phonetics). Articulatory phonetics The traditional method of describing speech sounds is in terms of the movements of the vocal organs that produce them. The main structures that are important in the production of speech are the lungs and the respiratory system , together with the vocal organs shown in Figure 1 . The airstream from the lungs passes between the vocal cords , which are two small muscular folds located in the larynx at the top of the windpipe. The space between the vocal cords is known as the glottis . If the vocal cords are apart, as they are normally when breathing out, the air from t
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