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Phonetics

Scope note

Study of the production, transmission, perception, classification, and physical or acoustical properties of speech sounds and how they are organized in language. For the study of the sound patterns and systems of languages, use "phonology."

Term type

AAT

Getty AAT term number

300054262

Broader Terms used

theoretical linguistics

Equivalent Terms used

phonetic

Created

13yrs ago

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