Syllables are combinations of units of sound (
phones), for example "goo" has one syllable made up of [g] and [u]. The branch of
linguistics which studies these units of sound is
phonetics. Phones which play the same role are grouped together into classes called
phonemes; the study of these is phonemics or phonematics or
phonology. Phones as components of articulation are usually described using the
International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA). ==See also==