Interdisciplinary subjects connected with phonetics.

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The connection of phonetics with other branches of linguistics.

Branches of Phonetics.

Phonetics has three main branches:

1. Articulatory phonetics

is concerned with the positions andmovements of the speech organs such as the lips and the tonguein producing sounds.

2. Acoustic phonetics

is concerned with the physical properties of the sound waves.

3. Auditory phonetics

is concerned with the perception of thespeech sounds or the effect on the ear.

Lexicology - The distinction of words is realized by the variety of their appearances. The phonetic laws of a given language determine the sound composition of words.

Morphology - Sound interchange helps to distinguish:

• basic forms of irregular verbs (sing – snag – sung);

• nouns and adjectives (strength – strong);

• nouns and verbs (extent – to extend, advice – to advise).

Syntax - Any division of a sentence is realized with the help of pauses, sentence stresses and melodies. Changes in pausation can change the meaning of an utterance.

Stylistics- Phonetics is connected with stylistics through repetition of sounds, words and phrases which is the basis of rhythm, rhyme, alliteration and is used as a special device in both prose and poetry.

Sociophonetics - It studies the ways in which pronunciation interacts with society. It is primarily concerned with the nature of different kinds of English pronunciation used by different age groups in various situations: namely, when talking to equals, superiors, subordinates or when trying to inform, persuade, agree, disagree, praise, complain, compliment, rebuke, etc.

Phonostylistics - It deals with the main stylistic peculiarities of existing functional styles which are displayed in a variety of texts generated in everyday communication.

Speechology - It is oriented towards the optimization of linguistic communication and tries to make an exact and concrete analysis of what actually happens when people speak.