A phonemic inventory is an inventory of all the distinctive sounds (or phonemes in a given language.
A phonetic inventory describes the inventory of all speech sounds, regardless of whether or not the sounds are produced correctly relative to the language.
So for example, if you're analyzing a person's phonemic inventory of consonants, you would analyze whether the child produces /t/, /k/ and /b/ but you don't analyze whether /t/ is produced for top, /k/ for kite and /b/ for ball. So it's good for articulation assessments.
If you're analyzing a person's phonemic inventory, you would see if the child says 'kop' instead of 'top'.
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A phonetic inventory refers to all the sounds a language uses, including those that may vary between speakers. A phonemic inventory specifically refers to the set of sounds that can distinguish between different words in a language.
Phonemic transcription focuses on the distinctive sounds in a language, while phonetic transcription details the actual sounds produced, including variations in pronunciation.
Phonetic transcription focuses on the actual sounds produced in speech, while phonemic transcription represents the abstract mental representations of sounds in a language.
Phonemic transcription focuses on the distinctive sounds of a language, while phonetic transcription details the actual sounds produced by a speaker. Phonemic transcription simplifies sounds into broad categories, while phonetic transcription captures specific variations in pronunciation.
Phonemic transcription focuses on the distinctive sounds in a language, while phonetic transcription represents the actual sounds produced by a speaker. Phonemic transcription simplifies the sounds into broad categories, while phonetic transcription provides a detailed representation of the specific sounds.
Phonetic transcription focuses on the specific sounds produced in speech, while phonemic transcription represents the abstract mental representations of sounds in a language. Phonetic transcription captures all variations in pronunciation, while phonemic transcription simplifies to show only the essential sound distinctions in a language.