Phonetics- Ch 4 Flashcards
Vowels
Phonemes that are produced without any appreciable constriction or blockage of air flow in the vocal tract
Tongue height
How high or low in the oral cavity the tongue is when producing a particular vowel
Tongue advancement
How far forward or backward in the mouth the tongue is when producing a particular vowel
Vowel quadrilateral
Two dimensional figure representing tongue height and tongue advancement that displays the relative position of the tongue during vowel production
Rounded
Rounded lip position during vowel production
Unrounded
Spread or retracted lip position during vowel production
Tense
Description of a vowel produced with an increased muscular effort; can be located in the final position of an open monosyllable; generally longer in duration
Lax
Vowel produced with a reduction in muscular effort; does not appear in the final position of an open monosyllable
Monophthongs
One vowel sound; vowel phoneme consisting of one distinct articulatory element
Diphthongs
Vowel sounds that have two distinct articulatory positions; the first is termed the onglide and the second is the offglide
Onglide
First element in a diphthong
Offglide
Second element of a diphthong; produced at a higher position in the oral cavity than the onglide
Point vowels
One of four extreme corner vowels of the quadrilateral
/i/
/i/ as in keep High Front Unrounded Tense
/ɪ/
/ɪ/ as in hit High (lower than /i/) Front Unrounded Lax
