Introduction to Phonetics

INTRODUCTION TO PHONETICS Communication is possible only with use of language. A language can be used in two ways for the purpose of communication . The two purpose of communication is talk and written. public lecture is more important mass medium than the medium of writing. USES OF SPEECH * language comes prime(prenominal) in history. *Speech comes first in the history of any individual. *Speech is used much more than writing as a medium, * create verbally language is an attempt to represent the sands used in spoken language. * Modern technology has given more importance to speech.Linguistics is a dogmatic study of language. Phonetics is a branch of linguistics and it is the branch dealing with the medium of speech . It deals with the production, transmission and reception of sounds of human speech. THE AIR STREAM weapon Speech needs circularise menses. The air stream that flows off of our talk is modified into speech sounds by the action of creation organs of our body th ese are commonly known as ORGANS OF SPEECH. For the occasion of most speech sounds lung air is used.The respirative system consisting of lungs, muscles of chest and wind shout out (trachea). since the air steam mechanism involves (inspiration) breathing in and breathing out (expiration). It is the expiratory lung-air that becomes the basis for the articulation of most of the speech sounds. The air stream involving in lung-air is called Pulmanic Air-stream. There are three main air streams mechanisms 1. Pulmanic 2. Glottalic 3. Velaric The Pulmanic air stream mechanism is initiate by the walls of the lungs. The air is drawn into