Phonetics- Vowels Flashcards
How are vowels identified?
Tongue height in relation to upper vocal tract
Lip ‘configuration’
Frontness/ backness of the tongue
What are cardinal vowels?
A reference for phoneticians for sounds when the tongue is in an extreme position
Cardinal Vowel 1
/i/
Cardinal Vowel 2
/e/
Cardinal Vowel 3
/Ɛ/
Cardinal Vowel 4
/a/
Cardinal Vowel 5
/ɑ/
Cardinal Vowel 6
/ɔ/
Cardinal Vowel 7
/o/
Cardinal Vowel 8
/u/
What is different about secondary cardinal vowels?
Different lip configuration
What is the same about cardinal vowels and secondary cardinal vowels?
Tongue position
How many monopthongs are there in English?
12
How many dipthongs are there in English?
8
/i:/
High, front, unrounded vowel, such as in heat, flee, he
/ɪ/
Mid-high, front, unrounded vowel, such as in ill, bit, in
/e/
Mid, front, unrounded vowel, such as in end, bet, egg
/æ/
Low, front, unrounded vowel, such as in at, ban, mad