phonetics

branch of linguistics that comprises the study of the sounds of human speech
Intangible academic_discipline Q35395
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phonetics

Summary

phonetics is an academic discipline[1]. phonetics ranks in the top 6% of academic_discipline entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,571 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • phonetics's instance of is recorded as academic discipline[3].
  • phonetics's instance of is recorded as academic major[4].
  • phonetics's instance of is recorded as language subsystem[5].
  • phonetics's instance of is recorded as branch of linguistics[6].
  • phonetics is a type of linguistics[7].
  • phonetics is a type of phonetics and speech science[8].
  • phonetics is part of linguistics[9].
  • phonetics is part of acoustics[10].
  • phonetics is part of neuroscience[11].
  • phonetics's Commons category is recorded as Phonetics[12].
  • phonetics's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Phonetics[13].
  • phonetics's described by source is recorded as Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[14].
  • phonetics's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[15].
  • phonetics's described by source is recorded as Riemann's Music Dictionary[16].
  • phonetics's described by source is recorded as Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[17].
  • phonetics's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[18].
  • phonetics's described by source is recorded as The New Student's Reference Work[19].
  • phonetics's topic has template is recorded as Template:Phonetics[20].
  • phonetics's topic has template is recorded as Category:Phonetics[21].
  • phonetics's Stack Exchange tag is recorded as https://linguistics.stackexchange.com/tags/phonetics[22].
  • phonetics's different from is recorded as phonology[23].
  • phonetics's practiced by is recorded as phonetician[24].
  • phonetics's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[25].

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Definition and Type

Recorded instance of include academic discipline[3], academic major[4], language subsystem[5], and branch of linguistics[6]. Recorded subclass of include linguistics[7] and phonetics and speech science[8].

Use and Application

Part of include linguistics[9], an academic discipline[26]; acoustics[10], an academic discipline[27]; and neuroscience[11], an academic discipline[28].

Why It Matters

phonetics ranks in the top 6% of academic_discipline entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,571 views/month).[2] phonetics has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[29] phonetics is known by 29 alternative names across languages and contexts.[30]

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
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  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . The Cambridge Encyclopedia of Language. wikidata.org.
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  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
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  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
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  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [26] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [27] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [28] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [29] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [30] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 22d ago · MariuszRokin · 2026-06-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
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  2. 6w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-23 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Part of linguistics, acoustics, neuroscience
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