Phonetics

[fə'netɪks] or [fə'nɛtɪks]

(noun.) the branch of acoustics concerned with speech processes including its production and perception and acoustic analysis.

Edited by Cathryn--From WordNet

(n.) The doctrine or science of sounds; especially those of the human voice; phonology.

(n.) The art of representing vocal sounds by signs and written characters.

Edited by Henry

n. Phonics, phonology.

Typist: Nigel