Vowel sounds a 2010

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Vowel Sounds Revisited Taken from: A Course in Phonetics, Chapter 4 Teaching Pronunciation, Chapter 4

How can we define vowels?

There are at least 3 ways:

Manner of Articulation Syllabic Structure Poetry Structure

Vowels are sounds in which there is a continual vibration in the vocal cords and the air stream is allowed to escape from ...

Vowels are the core or “peak” of a syllable. As we have seen, a syllable can consist minimally of one vowel (V), like in ...

Vowels are the tools of poets, since it is vowels that allow poets to create assonance and rhyme, and thus shape language ...

How can we classify vowels?

In Chapter 1 we saw at least 3 ways:

Tongue Position Tongue Height Lip Shape

Tongue Position <ul><li>Front </li></ul><ul><li>Central </li></ul><ul><li>Back </li></ul>

Tongue Height <ul><li>High </li></ul><ul><li>Mid </li></ul><ul><li>Low </li></ul>

Lip Shape <ul><li>Spread </li></ul><ul><li>Neutral </li></ul><ul><li>Rounded </li></ul>

Thus we get the following chart:

But there are other aspects to consider, like:

Lower Jaw Height Gliding Length Tenseness

Lower Jaw Height <ul><li>Close </li></ul><ul><li>Mid Open </li></ul><ul><li>Open </li></ul>

Lower Jaw Height <ul><li>Close </li></ul><ul><li>Mid Open </li></ul><ul><li>Open </li></ul>

Gliding <ul><li>Monophthongs </li></ul><ul><li>Diphthongs </li></ul><ul><li>Triphthongs </li></ul>

Gliding <ul><li>Monophthongs </li></ul><ul><li>Diphthongs </li></ul><ul><li>Triphthongs </li></ul>

Length <ul><li>Short </li></ul><ul><li>Long </li></ul>

Length <ul><li>Short </li></ul><ul><li>Long </li></ul>

Tenseness <ul><li>Lax </li></ul><ul><li>Tense </li></ul>

Tenseness <ul><li>Lax </li></ul><ul><li>Tense </li></ul>

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