Editing Phonetics (section)

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[[Phonetic transcription]] is a system for transcribing [[Phone (phonetics)|phones]] that occur in a language, whether [[oral language|oral]] or [[sign language|sign]]. The most widely known system of phonetic transcription, the [[International Phonetic Alphabet]] (IPA), provides a standardized set of symbols for oral phones.{{sfn|O'Grady|2005|p=17}}{{sfn|International Phonetic Association|1999}} The standardized nature of the IPA enables its users to transcribe accurately and consistently the phones of different languages, [[dialect]]s, and [[idiolect]]s.{{sfn|O'Grady|2005|p=17}}{{sfn|Ladefoged|2005}}{{sfn|Ladefoged|Maddieson|1996}} The IPA is a useful tool not only for the study of phonetics but also for language teaching, professional acting, and [[speech pathology]].{{sfn|Ladefoged|2005}}

While no sign language has a standardized writing system, linguists have developed their own notation systems that describe the handshape, location and movement. The [[Hamburg Notation System]] (HamNoSys) is similar to the IPA in that it allows for varying levels of detail. Some notation systems such as KOMVA and the [[Stokoe notation|Stokoe system]] were designed for use in dictionaries; they also make use of alphabetic letters in the local language for handshapes whereas HamNoSys represents the handshape directly. [[SignWriting]] aims to be an easy-to-learn writing system for sign languages, although it has not been officially adopted by any deaf community yet.{{Sfn|Baker|van den Bogaerde|Pfau|Schermer|p=242-244|2016}}