LING4337 · Slavic & Eastern Languages and Literatures
Morrissey College of Arts & Sciences
This course offers a comprehensive introduction to the phonetics and phonology of human languages. Phonetics is a field of study that examines the production (articulatory) and perception (acoustic) of sounds across various languages. In comparison, phonology is concerned with understanding how these sounds are classified, differentiated, and arranged into more extensive structures that conform to language-specific patterns.
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~5
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