Auditory phonetics
Auditory Phonetics
Auditory Phonetics (pronunciation: /ɔːˈdɪtəri fəˈnɛtɪks/) is a subfield of Phonetics that deals with the hearing, perception, and neural processing of speech sounds.
Etymology
The term 'Auditory Phonetics' is derived from the Latin word 'audire', meaning 'to hear', and the Greek word 'phonetikos', meaning 'vocal'.
Overview
Auditory Phonetics studies how speech sounds are perceived by the human ear and brain. It involves the analysis of acoustic properties of speech sounds and how they are interpreted as linguistic messages. This field is closely related to Acoustic Phonetics, which focuses on the physical properties of speech sounds, and Articulatory Phonetics, which studies the production of speech sounds.
Related Terms
- Phonetics: The study of the physical sounds of human speech.
- Acoustic Phonetics: A subfield of phonetics which deals with the physical properties of speech sounds.
- Articulatory Phonetics: A subfield of phonetics that studies the production of speech sounds.
- Speech Perception: The process by which the sounds of language are heard, interpreted and understood.
- Neural Processing: The way that the brain processes information.
See Also
External links
- Medical encyclopedia article on Auditory phonetics
- Wikipedia's article - Auditory phonetics
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