This course paper is devoted to the topic "Phonetics as a branch of linguistic"

CONTENTS
Introduction………..………………..……………………………………….……3
Chapter I: Phonetics as one of the most important branches of linguistics
1.1. General background of phonetics……………………………………..5
1.2. Phonetics as a branch of linguistics..........................................................7
Chapter II: Methods of investigation used in phonetics and its types
2.1. Main aspects and types of phonetics…………….................................16
2.2. Methods of phonetics…..…….………………………………………19
Conclusion………………..…………………........................................................30
The list of used literature……………………………………………………….32

Introduction.


This course paper is devoted to the topic “Phonetics as a branch of linguistic”. The study of phonetics and phonetics as a branch of linguistic has always been one of the most interesting, magnificent and important issues of theoretical phonetics of modern English. Phonetics is a field in linguistics that involves in studying single sounds within language. Phonetics deals itself with how the sounds are produced, how they sound to other listeners and how the brain perceives the sounds. Like all linguistic fields, phonetics studies all languages. The main purpose of the present course paper is to give information about phonetics and its vital role in linguistic.
The main aim of our present research is based on the following tasks to fulfill: -Articulatory phonetics is the study of how speech is made with the mouth, tongue and lungs. -Acoustic phonetics is the study of how speech sounds acoustically, such as speech frequency and harmonics. -Auditory phonetics is the study of how speech is perceived by the brain.
The main source of given course paper is taken from different books on theoretical and practical phonetics as such English Phonetics: aTheoretical Phonetics of Modern English (by Abduazizov A.A. T., '1986), a Theoretical Course. SEMINAR (by Sokolova M.A. and others. M., 1991), a Theoretical Course of English Phonetics (by Leontyeva S. F. M., 2002), a Theoretical Course (by Vassilyev V. A. M., 1970), a Pronunciation Theory of English (by Alimardanov R. A. T., 2009).
Phonetics is quite a unique and specific branch of linguistics, especially, in the sense that there is, probably, no such other branch, or segment, or discipline within the limits of the science about language and speech that could encompass with such an obviousness and with such a contradictoriness both the material and the ideal circles of phenomena that we usually unite under the term – language. Phonetics (and phonology, be the latter separate or a part of the former) is the field where linguistics suggests an immediate application to other spheres of science and life, and where it embraces openly knowledge from other spheres of science, such as mathematics, statistics, physics, computer technology, telecommunication, and even from art, such as music or poetry
Though the modern linguistics turned a little away from the phonetic considerations (which is, after all, true only to a certain extent, and which is partially due to comparatively recent appearance of many other offsprings of linguistics, which demand more care from their mother-science to survive), and though the phonetic studies attract less attention nowadays than, for instance, grammar (due to its vastness), and cognitive and corpus linguistics (due to their recency and glamour) the issues that were traditionally studied by phonetics (and phonology) still retain their charm, and will always do. It can be added that the charms of phonetics are positive not because all the problematic issues were solved ,but rather because they were not
The theoretical value of the present course paper is that the theoretical part of the work can be used in delivering lectures on the Theoretical Phonetics of Modern English. The practical value of the present course paper is that the practical results gained by investigating the giving problem may be used as examples or mini-tests in seminars and practical lessons of English Phonetics. Structurally the present research work consists of four parts – Introduction, Main part, Conclusion and Bibliography.
Finally, we would like to say that we both are open for any kind of discussion or questions, or any other communication on the hereto matters, and we want to express our strong belief that among various branches of linguistics the most interesting is, of course, phonetics.