The sound patterns of language.
Phonology. Phonemes.
▪ The description of the systems The smallest unit of sound that
makes a difference in meaning (or
that changes one word into another
word).
and patterns speech sounds in a
language.
▪ Concerned
with abstract or
mental aspects of speech sounds.
▪ Phonetics: [t] a voiceless alveolar
stop.
▪ Phonology: ‘tuck’, ‘stuck’, ‘cut’ and
‘duck’.
▪ /k/ /a/ /t/
▪ /h/ /a/ /t/
▪ /h/ /o/ /t/
▪ /h/ /o/ /p/