Introduction to Phonetics

INTRODUCTION TO PHONETICS Communication is possible only with use of language. A language can be used in two slipway for the purpose of communication . The two purpose of communication is brim and written. savoir-f aviatione is more important forte than the medium of writing. USES OF SPEECH * lyric comes prime(prenominal) in history. *Speech comes first in the history of any individual. *Speech is used much more than writing as a medium, * indite language is an attempt to represent the sands used in spoken language. * Modern technology has given more importance to speech.Linguistics is a opinionated study of language. Phonetics is a branch of linguistics and it is the branch dealing with the medium of speech . It deals with the production, transmission and reception of sounds of human speech. THE AIR STREAM apparatus Speech needs air pelt. The air stream that flows surface of our mouth is modified into speech sounds by the action of creation organs of our body these are co mmonly known as ORGANS OF SPEECH. For the join of most speech sounds lung air is used.The respirative system consisting of lungs, muscles of chest and wind shrill (trachea). since the air steam mechanism involves (inspiration) breathing in and breathing out (expiration). It is the expiratory lung-air that becomes the basis for the articulation of most of the speech sounds. The air stream involving in lung-air is called Pulmanic Air-stream. There are three main air streams mechanisms 1. Pulmanic 2. Glottalic 3. Velaric The Pulmanic air stream mechanism is initiate by the walls of the lungs. The air is drawn into