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| the study of speech sounds, their acoustic and perceptual characteristics, and how they are produced by the speech organs |
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| the study of sound changes in words over time |
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| the study of the function of the speech organs and their role in speech production |
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| the study of the auditory aspects of speech including frequency, intensity, and duration (length) |
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| the study of listeners' perception of speech sounds in terms of pitch, loudness, perceived length, and quality |
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| the laboratory study of physiologic, perceptual, and acoustic phonetics |
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| the study and transcription of speech sound disorders |
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| the systematic organization of speech sounds in the production of language, the study of the linguistic rules that specify the manner in which phonemes are organized and combined into syllables, words, and sentences |
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| International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) |
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| an alphabet used to represent the sounds of the world's languages; created to promote a universal method of phonetic transcription |
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| a variation in speech or language related to geographic area, social class, or ethnic group |
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