Phonetics and Phonology: The Sounds of Language
Davidson, Jordan The branch of linguistics which studies the production and reception of sounds by humans is termed as phonetics. According to the method of research the discipline is further classified into articulatory phonetics, acoustic phonetics and auditory phonetics. The consonants are divided into labial, dorsal, pharyngeal and laryngeal consonants depending upon their place of articulation. Phonology is a sub-discipline of linguistics which studies th...