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phonetics  

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  • Phonetics is the scientific study of speech sounds. Unlike phonemics (the study of the organization of speech sounds into a linguistic system),phonetic studies can be carried out without necessary regard for the language system within which they may be found. [Source: Encyclopedia of Anthropology; Phonetics]

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