Sunday 5 February 2012

Phonology vs Phonetic

Phonology is a study of sound system of language. Through the study of phonology, we will know about certain sound are organized
Phonology is just one of several aspects of language. It is related to other aspects such as phonetics, morphology, syntax, and pragmatics. Here is an illustration that shows the place of phonology in an interacting hierarchy of levels in linguistics:


(http://www.sil.org/linguistics/GlossaryOfLinguisticTerms/WhatIsPhonology.htm)

On the other hand, based on my reading on an article from internet (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phonologyhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phonology), phonetic  concerns the physical production, acoustic transmission and perception of the sounds of speech. Physical production or articulatory phonetic is the study of how speech sounds are produced by human vocal apparatus. It shows us on how every sounds are produced using our articulation organ. Our anatomy of articulation organ can be found from:
http://www.sil.org/mexico/ling/glosario/e005bi-organsart.htm.

From this link, you can see consonant Chart for English. Just click on this link and take a look!!
http://www.pucpr.edu/facultad/omiranda/phonetics.pdf

For Vowel Chart for English.
http://www.phonetics.ucla.edu/course/chapter1/vowels.html

People always confuse with phonology and phonetic. So, here are the comparison between both:


 
Phonetics …
Phonology …
Is the basis for phonological analysis.
Is the basis for further work in morphology, syntax, discourse, and orthography design.
Analyzes the production of all human speech sounds, regardless of language.
Analyzes the sound patterns of a particular language by
  • determining which phonetic sounds are significant, and
  • explaining how these sounds are interpreted by the native speaker.


For further reading about phonology and phonetic, click on this link and READ!! Clicking on this link only will not help you to gain knowlegde without reading what are inside. If possible, please do download them.

http://www.panl10n.net/Presentations/Cambodia/Sarmad/Phonetics&Phonology.pdf

http://books.google.com.my/books?id=SW2eEolEghUC&pg=PA33&lpg=PA33&dq=vokal+chart+for+english&source=bl&ots=JDrIxDtLmI&sig=qdcQ9ySeyeDZIljFj_fP8ND59yY&hl=en&sa=X&ei=iIEvT7TnEYmzrAeO7OTADA&ved=0CCEQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=vokal%20chart%20for%20english&f=false

Honestly speaking, I have problem in saying words especially the words involve the alphabets /s/, /r/ and /x/. But, I'm working on it right now and hope to better my pronunciation before I graduate. I found that learning about phonology and phonetic is quite interesting. Why? Although it was really difficult ti say and pronoun some alphabets such as /s/, /r/ and /x/, I found that it was quite enjoyable. At least I knew how to pronoun these alphabets almost correctly and others could understand what i was trying to say. Besides, it was unimaginable thing before that every single organs, I means articulation organ such as mouth and also our alveolar,  involved in producing sounds. For example, to say the alphabet / a/ , I had to open my mouth the widest. It was kind of funny to each other' s mouth when saying the alphabet /a/.
So, right now, I promise that I will better myself and master all of this things before I can teach in the future. I do believe that what is happening now will affect what will happen in the future. I aware the importance of teaching the correct thing to our young generation because they are our future leader.









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