Phonetics and Phonology
, Introduction
o Linguistics: the scientific study of language
o Language: [definitions vary] Potentially all forms of human communication
In class = spoken
Language (primacy of speech over writing, cf. Saussure)
o Speech has existed for longer than writing
o Writing is an inaccurate representation of speech sounds
o Different writing systems offer different ways of dealing with speech sounds
Writing system
o Alphabetic: letters sounds
Latin
Cyrillic Кириллица
Greek Ελληνικο'
Georgian მხედრული
o Syllabic: letters syllabes
Japanese Kana カタカナ, ひらがな
Cherokee ᏣᎳᎩ ᎦᏬᏂᎯᏍᏗ
o Abjad: letters consonants
Arabic اَْ لعََ ربِی َّة
Hebrew אלפבית
Tifinagh ⵜⴼⵏⵗ
o Abugida (alphasyllabary): letters = syllables
Devanagari
Tamil
Inuktitut
, Introduction
o Linguistics: the scientific study of language
o Language: [definitions vary] Potentially all forms of human communication
In class = spoken
Language (primacy of speech over writing, cf. Saussure)
o Speech has existed for longer than writing
o Writing is an inaccurate representation of speech sounds
o Different writing systems offer different ways of dealing with speech sounds
Writing system
o Alphabetic: letters sounds
Latin
Cyrillic Кириллица
Greek Ελληνικο'
Georgian მხედრული
o Syllabic: letters syllabes
Japanese Kana カタカナ, ひらがな
Cherokee ᏣᎳᎩ ᎦᏬᏂᎯᏍᏗ
o Abjad: letters consonants
Arabic اَْ لعََ ربِی َّة
Hebrew אלפבית
Tifinagh ⵜⴼⵏⵗ
o Abugida (alphasyllabary): letters = syllables
Devanagari
Tamil
Inuktitut
