The production of sounds

This article touches on the many questions asked about phonetics, phonology and linguistics.

WHAT is phonetics? Phonetics is the study of speech sounds. There are three kinds of phonetics and they are (a) articulatory, (b) acoustic and (c) experimental. Setting aside the last category that involves waveform and psycho-acoustic tests, phonetics can be better defined as the study of articulation and acoustic phenomena that makes it possible to produce and perceive sounds.