Form the past lecture; I have learnt about phonology and phonetics. Phonology is viewed as the subfield of linguistics that deals with the sound systems of languages. It also a study of how sound is organized and use in natural language. Based on my reading, phonology is one of aspects of language. It is also related to other aspects such as phonetics, morphology, syntax, and pragmatics.
Phonology and phonetics are two different things. Phonetics is the study of the articulatory and acoustic properties of the sounds of human language.
Following is the summary from the information that I have get from the internet. For full information on phonetics, you may visit the following website as there are few diagrams and international phonetics alphabet which may help you to understand the concept of phonetics in more deep. http://jcarreras.homestead.com/rrphonetics1.html
According to the above website, when we are speaking or singing, air from the lungs will pass through the larynx. Then, the Vocal folds will be set into vibration when the air is passing through them which lead to production of sound. A set of muscles and cartilage of it allows them to change their shape, and also the quality of sound that will be produced. These vocal folds can also be kept from vibrating by keeping them completely open or completely shut. The vocal folds and the opening between them are called the glottis. Once the vibrating column of air had passed through the larynx, its shape can be molded into different sounds as it passes through the vocal tract.
Vowels are produced with no obstruction to the air flow coming from the lungs. Vowels take on their different sound qualities by subtle changes of shape in the vocal tract as they are being produced. A diphthong is a long, complex vowel which starts with the sound quality of one vowel and ends with the sound quality of another one. Although they are classified as single phonemes, diphthongs are given a double symbol to show both the quality they start with and the quality they end with. Consonants are speech sounds that involve a momentary interruption or obstruction of the air flow.
(Source: http://jcarreras.homestead.com/rrphonetics1.html)
The above information is just to help us to recall back on what we have learned before. I’m really enjoyed practising the pronunciation during the lesson and I realized that I have done a lot of mistakes in pronouncing certain words in English before. I hope that I will be able to improve my skills in pronunciation so that I will be able to communicate with others by using the Standard English which can be easily understood by the locals and also internationally. By practising it verbally, I’m sure that I will not have any problems in pronouncing the English words again. Sometimes, it is hard for us to make sure that we pronounced the word according to the articulation manner as we can’t see what is happening between our internal organs. However, no matter how hard it is, it is our responsible to learn it and it brings no harm to us. In fact, it brings us more advantages especially for our future profession, which is educator. That’s all. Thank you. If there are any grammatical mistakes, feel free to comment and correct me. ^^
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