A Sound Identified Physically

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Hello,

There is question which really seems to confuse me! so would you please help me !!

What does is mean a sound identified physically? Like in the examples: car and keys.:-?
 

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Can you give more information about what you actually heard/read, please?
 

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Yes Sir. I have read that sounds in phonology can be represented in two ways

1. Phonetic representation: This gives the minimal detail of the articulation of a sound in any language. It is the study of Allophones for example – The word car –
[ k°a:] , in this case the sound /k/ is aspirated.

2. Phonemic representation: is the concern of the phoneme contrast only. For example :
/k a:/

So, can these kinds of representations give a physical identification to the sound?
 

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So, can these kinds of representations give a physical identification to the sound?
It sounds a strange way of putting it to me.
 

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The physical identification of a sound would probably consist in giving the physical parameters describing the sound.
 

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To Sir. birdeen's call : Would you please be more explicit sir ??
 

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Hi, yousrati. I'm not a sir.

Sound is a physical phenomenon and can be decribed as wave. Waves can in turn be described by numbers. If you want to learn more about it, you may start with Wikipedia articles such as this one: Acoustics - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
 

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Thank you very much for your help.
 
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