Introduction to Linguistics

Phonetics

Phonology

Morphology

Syntax

Semantics

Pragmatics

"the study of speech sounds in their physical aspects"

phonemes: the smallest units of sound

the Internatinal Phonetic alphabet is how all sounds are categorized

each language uses their own combination of these sounds, called a phonemic inventory

Sound systems: syllables

How sounds can go together

In English, a syllable can consist of a vowel preceded by one consonant (CV) as in pie/pai, or by two consonants (CCV) as in try/trai, or by three consonants (CCCV) as in spry/sprai