Linguistics is the scientific study of language, and involves an analysis of language form, language meaning, and language in context. Linguists usually analyse human language by observing an interplay between sound and meaning. Phonetics is the study of speech and non-speech sounds, and delves into their acoustic and articulatory properties.
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