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What are the differences between phonology, phonetics, and prosody?
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The real distinction you need to make is between:
- Segmental phonology
- Suprasegmental phonology
Prosody is a feature of suprasegmental phonology of language. It can be studied either with the method and within the theoretical framework of phonetics or phonology. But I would argue that at the suprasegmental level the phonology/phonetics distinction is less relevant than at the segmental level.
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