pho|net|ics

pho|net|ics
pho|net|ics «foh NEHT ihks, fuh-», noun.
1. the science dealing with sounds made in speech and the art of pronunciation. Phonetics is a branch of linguistics. Phonetics is concerned with the production of these speech sounds by the articulating organs of the speaker, the sound waves in which they result, and the auditory effect they produce on the hearer.
2. the body of speech sounds of any one language, their manner of articulation, and their relation to one another.
3. the application of the science of speech sounds to the learning of languages.

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