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What is Phonetics?• Phonetics (from
the Greek word phone = sound/voice) is the study of speech sounds (voice).
• It is concerned with the actual nature of the sounds and their production.
• Phonology, which operates at the level of sound systems and linguistic units (such as phonemes and distinctive features).
Dipthong• In phonology, a diphthong,
(also gliding vowel) • Literally "two sounds" or "two
tones") refers to two adjacent vowel sounds occurring within the same syllable.
• Ex: [sounds] eye, oy, air
Focus Sounds• p / f• th • b / v• j / y• s / z
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