Associations to the word «Phonetics»

Wiktionary

PHONETICS, noun. (linguistics) The study of the physical sounds of human speech, concerned with the physical properties of speech sounds (phones), and the processes of their physiological production, auditory reception, and neurophysiological perception, and their representation by written symbols.

Dictionary definition

PHONETICS, noun. The branch of acoustics concerned with speech processes including its production and perception and acoustic analysis.

Wise words

We should have a great fewer disputes in the world if words were taken for what they are, the signs of our ideas only, and not for things themselves.
John Locke