Definitions in Phonetics and Phonology

It is very important to understand what we mean with the terms "Phonetics" and "Phonology". In this exercise, you will have to create THE PERFECT DEFINITION on these terms. This is the way to follow:

1. Read the definitions that I provide in this entry
2. Extend the definitions by means of REWRITING them and ADDING EXTRA INFORMATION
3. It is very important that we follow a chain to do this. That is, the first person to post a comment modifies MY definition. The second person to post a comment modifies the 1st person's definition. The third person to post a comment modifies the 2nd person´s definitions, etc.

That way, we will create a "snow ball" that should lead to the perfect and complete versions of the definitions.

THESE ARE THE STARTING DEFINITIONS:
1. Phonetics is a field of knowledge that studies sounds.
2. Phonology is a field of Linguistics that studies sounds.

Together with your definitions, you must use a list of references (books, articles, web pages) that you have used to add your "snow ball")