english Flashcards

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back vowels

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[u] boot
[ʊ] book
[o] boat
[ɔ] bought
[ɑ] box

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Central or Mixed Vowels

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[ʌ] but
[ə] barrel
[ɝ] burn
[ɚ] better

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[ə] – the schwa

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(o) in official
official
(o) in offend
offend
(e and a) in funeral
funeral

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[ɝ] - [ɜʳ]

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curl unfurl verse worth
learn surf birth bird
hurt surge jerk serve
search word earth fur

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[ɚ] – [əʳ]

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giver clamor motor survivor
altar murder actor summer
father mother sister brother

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Diphthongs

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Sound composed of two consecutive vowels in the
same syllable to form a single vowel unit
[eɪ] bait
[oʊ] boat
[aɪ] by
[ɑʊ] bout
[ɔɪ] boy

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what are the

R-Colored R-Reduced
[ɚ] [ʳ]

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[ɛɚ] [ɛəʳ] air, care, there
[ɪɚ] [ɪəʳ] ear, dear, we’re
[ɔɚ] [ɔəʳ] pour, four, o’er
[ʊɚ] [ʊəʳ] sure, tour, poor
[ɑɚ] [ɑəʳ] are, heart, garde

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what is a triphthong??

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Sound composed of three consecutive vowels in
the same syllable to form a single vowel unit
[ɑɪɚ/ɑɪəʳ] as in lyre
[ɑʊɚ/ɑʊəʳ] as in our

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