Umair Linguistics

PHONETICS Phonetics is simply the study of speech sounds. It is the general study of sounds we produced in speech. What do we mean by general study? In phonetics, we are not concerned usually with a specific language. A phonetician can transcribe any language into a phonetic transcription (which we shall study later), by using his/her knowledge about speech sounds. Phonetics can also be defined as the scientific study of speech sounds. We divide phonetics into 3 main areas: 1. Articulatory Phonetics:                                                     We study the speech organs which are used in producing speech, these usually include lips, teeth, alveolar ridge, hard palatal, soft palatal (velum), tongue (which is divided into tip, centre, front, back and root). We shall discuss these organs in another post. You can watch my video, where I have described all these parts with their illustrations. I have two videos on speech organs, one is in more detail than the other. DETAILED VIDEOS

I’m going to talk here about Animals and Human language, and this is the first part of this blog. You can watch my lectures on it afterwards if you do not understand any concept. The lectures are both in URDU and ENGLISH languages individually. You Tube Lectures: ANIMALS AND HUMAN LANGUAGE [ ENGLISH ] ANIMALS AND HUMAN LANGUAGE [ URDU/HINDI ] Animals and Human Language  

In this post, I shall summarize the different ideas and theories behind the origins of language. After reading, I would recommend you to watch my lectures if you don't understand something. I am adding the links of my You Tube channel UMAIR LINGUISTICS . The lectures are in both languages Urdu/Hindi and English. YOU TUBE LECTURES: 1. THE ORIGINS OF LANGUAGE  [ URDU/HINDI ] 2. THE ORIGINS OF LANGUAGE [ ENGLISH ]       THE ORIGINS OF LANGUAGE