Phonetics deals with:

1. A. the production of speech sounds
2. B. the reception of speech sounds
3. C. the transmission of speech sounds
4. D. the patterning of speech sounds
5. E. word formation

1. AA and C only
2. BB and D only
3. CD and E only
4. DA and D only

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Correct answer: A. A and C only

Explanation

Articulatory phonetics deals with production and acoustic phonetics with transmission. Sound patterns are phonology, and word formation is morphology.

Note: Reception (auditory phonetics) also belongs to phonetics, but no option includes A, B and C; option 1 is the best available.