What is acoustic phonetics?

Introduction
	Acoustic phonetics is a technical area of linguistics. Phoneticians depict and analyze sound waves using machines and computer programs.

Definition
	Acoustic phonetics is the study of sound waves made by the human vocal organs for communication.

Source
	Ladefoged 1993 186–187, 192

Concept module: acoustic phonetics
In overview module: Glossary (Linguistics): A
In modular book: Glossary of linguistic terms, by Eugene E. Loos (general editor), Susan Anderson (editor), Dwight H., Day, Jr. (editor), Paul C. Jordan (editor), and J. Douglas Wingate (editor)
In bookshelf: Linguistics

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