Phonetics:Place and Manner-1
Descriptive phonetics seeks to understand the speech articulations
used in the production of sounds in individual languages/dialects and
the corresponding acoustic properties of such sounds.
Explanatory phonetics seeks to explain linguistic patterns in terms of
phonetic principles.
Phonetics Phonology
- Speech anatomy - Sound patterns in
& mechanics language.
- Speech acoustics & perception
- Sounds as physical, - Structure of sounds
decomposable entities. in the linguistic system.
- Sounds as discrete,
cognitive entities
Phonetic constraints on speech can explain phonological patterns.
Mechanical constraints on speech production or general cognitive
biases in perception of sound types will constrain phonology.
If the biological characteristics of the speech anatomy determine what
is possible in phonology, then this is a simpler explanation for
phonological patterns than one relying on abstract rules or constraints
pertaining only to language.
In science, we should rely on general explanations before looking to
create specific ones.
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