Linguistic subdiscipline that studies the phonetic aspect of speech with regard to the following processes: (a) articulatory-genetic sound production ( articulatory phonetics); (b) structure of the acoustic flow ( acoustic phonetics); and (c)...

Binary phonological opposition in distinctive feature analysis, based on acoustically analyzed and spectrally defined criteria ( acoustic phonetics, spectral analysis). Acoustic characteristics: presence or absence of a periodic component on the lower...

This is the second stage of a child’s spelling development according to Richard Gentry’s stages; it refers to the time when there is some evidence of making sound–symbol connections. Gentry, Richard (1982) ‘An analysis of...

n. The application of phonetics to the investigation of crimes in which recorded voices constitute evidence, most typically in determining the sex, age, social class and geographical background of an unidentified speaker, and hence in identifying that...

Phonetics (from the Greek φωνή (phonê) "sound" or "voice") is the study of the physical sounds of human speech. It is concerned with the physical properties of speech sounds (phones), and the processes of their physiological production, auditory...