We know a language by
producing the sounds.
Language is a system
of communication by written or spoken words, which is used by the people of a
particular country or area (Longman Dictionary).
A.PHONOLOGY
vs. PHONETICS
- Linguistics is the
scientific study of human language.
- The concern are on the theoretical linguistics namely; syntax, phonology,
morphology, and semantics.
- Phonology covers the field of
sentence utterances.
- Syntax is about sentence formation.
- Semantics is about sentence
interpretation.
- Phonetics is the study of
speech sounds as sounds which produced by the organ speech.
- Phonology is the study of sound
system of language.
- Phonology describes how the
particular sounds used in each language form an integrated system for
encoding information within the human being and how such systems differ from one language to another.