English Phonology Introduction to English Phonology Ramdan Nugraha STKIP Muhammadiyah Bogor
Roach (1991: 3)
The Speech Mechanism 1. Human VS Animal “The most significant difference between a human and an animal is that a human is able to talk while an animal is not.” Djardjowidjojo (2009: 1)
The Speech Mechanism 1. Human VS Animal “The division of the brain into left and right hemispheres also separates humans from animals.” Djardjowidjojo (2009: 1 )
The Speech Mechanism 2. Fundamental Elements of Speech mechanism The lungs The vocal folds The resonators The articulators
Phonetic and Phonology “ Phonetic is a science that deals with the sounds of human language.” Djardjowidjojo (2009: 12) “The general study of the characteristics of speech sound is called phonetics .” Yule ( 2006: 30)
Phonetic and Phonology “ Phonology is essentially the description of the systems and patterns of speech sounds in a language.” Yule ( 2006: 43) “ Phonology is differentiated from phonetics in that focus of the study is different.” Djardjowidjojo (2009: 14)