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

A word is not a crystal, transparent and unchanged; it is the skin of a living thought and may vary greatly in color and content according to the circumstances and time in which it is used.
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.