Definition: "Phonetics," a Greek term referring to the study of sounds, "aphons," which is a single sound unit or group of sounds. This term evolved from ancient Greek terms "phantoscene" meaning sound field, where individual phonemes (small units) are combined and created new sounds through stress, strain, vibration, and other forms of mechanical disturbance. The word has broad uses in linguistics, especially in phonetics, phonology, and phonetic theory. It is used to describe the way words are constructed, such as the sound pattern or "phonological structure." It also describes how different sounds can interact with each other and form a single unit, known as a syllable or word unit. In English, "aphonics" can refer to the study of how sounds are created within a language. For example, in the British English pronunciation scheme, certain sounds (like /f/ and /t/ in English) become stressed by adjusting stress patterns that occur between these vowels. This is known as stress marking or stress analysis. The word's definition often includes other Greek terms like "phantoscene" and "sonor", which are also related to phonetics, but they focus on sound fields rather than individual sounds.
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