BRANCHES OF PHONETICS Speech Speech Production Perception (speaker A) (speaker B) A three-step process of speech sounds Articulatory phonetics:the study of the production of speech sounds Acoustic phonetics:the study of the physical properties of the sounds produced in speech Auditory phonetics:the study of the perception of speech soundsBRANCHES OF PHONETICS Speech Speech Production Perception (speaker A) (speaker B) A three-step process of speech sounds Articulatory phonetics: the study of the production of speech sounds Acoustic phonetics: the study of the physical properties of the sounds produced in speech Auditory phonetics: the study of the perception of speech sounds