Tag: SOUND

LINGUSTICS

Speech Sounds

Devika Panikar - October 18, 2021

A language can be used in two ways for communication. It can be spoken or written. In most fields of study, language is thought of principally in terms of the written word, for it is in this form that...

LANGUAGE

Homophone

Devika Panikar - July 16, 2020

Homophone is Greek for the same sound. A homophone can be defined as a word that, when pronounced, seems similar to another word but has a different spelling and meaning. The two words may be spelt th...

LINGUSTICS

Modern Linguisitics: Aims and Attitudes

Devika Panikar - July 6, 2020

Linguistics is commonly defined as a science of language. A scientific description is carried out systematically based on objectively verifying observations and within the framework of some general...