phonetics

PHONETICS = [fı'netiks] noun
sesbilim, sesbilgisi
İngilizce örnek : Phonetics is a science which deals with speech-sounds.
Türkçe çevirisi : Sesbilim, konuşma seslerini inceleyen bilim dalıdır.

PHONETICS
Phonetics is a branch of linguistics that studies the sounds used in speech, known as phonemes, and their physical properties. It involves the analysis and classification of speech sounds, as well as their production, perception, and transcription. Phonetics is divided into three subfields: articulatory phonetics, acoustic phonetics, and auditory phonetics.

Articulatory phonetics deals with the physical movements and positions of the speech organs (e.g., lips, tongue, teeth, etc.) that are used to produce speech sounds. It examines how sounds are articulated and how they are related to each other in terms of place, manner, and voicing.
Acoustic phonetics focuses on the properties of sound waves produced by speech sounds, such as their frequency, intensity, and duration. It uses instruments such as spectrographs to measure and analyze these properties.
Auditory phonetics studies how listeners perceive and interpret speech sounds. It investigates the cognitive processes involved in recognizing and distinguishing speech sounds, as well as how different languages use different phonemes to convey meaning.

Phonetics is an essential tool for studying language, as it provides a systematic way of analyzing and describing the sounds of a language. It is used in various fields such as speech therapy, language teaching, and the development of speech recognition technology.