Exam 1 Module 3B Flashcards
What are the three vowels that are called the strong diphthongs in English.
ɔɪ (as in Boy)
aʊ (as in How)
aɪ (as in hide)
What are the two week diphthongs in English?
eɪ (as in bake )
oʊ (as in boat)
Some vowels in the alphabet sound so much alike but they are different.
For example:
bIRd vs biggER
You would think that these both use the same letter of the alphabet to describe the “errr” sound ..but in fact, they are different because of their____
Stress vs unstressed
So the stressed vowels are:
ʌ ɝ
The unstressed vowels are
ɘ ɚ
So for example:
Where would the stress be in the word:
Bird and Bigger
They both fall on the “b” sounds.
However, Bird has only one vowel, so thats considered our stress vowel. For this, we would use ɝ and NOT ɚ.
FOR the word “bigger”….the stressed vowel is the “i” in the begining of the word. So the “errrr” sound at the end of the word “Bigger” would be our second stressed vowel. For this reason, we use ɚ and NOT ɝ
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what are the rhotic diphthongs used in this class?
ɪɾ, ɛɾ, ɑɾ, ɔɾ, ʊɾ
What is a rhotic diphthong ?
A rhotic Diphthong are “r-colored” words
What are Velarized vowels?
L-colored words
What is the symbol for a velarized vowel?
/ɫ/
when vowels precede a nasal consonant in the syllable, the velum typically lowers early resulting in a
nasalized vowel
æ̃ ɪ̃
We will be describing the “ear” sounds in this class as ____.
Doesn’t make too much sense, but its been agreed open by phoneticians
ɪɾ
When transcribing words like “picky” the final sound is not exactly the same as / ɪ / in “bid” or the /i/ in bead.
When in doubt, use / ɪ / in -y words unless it sounds exaggerated.
y-words = / ɪ /
For the purpose of this class, all “air” sound words will use the transcription __?
ɛɾ
æ is called what?
Ash
