Vowels

Question 1

Name and describe the vowel height.

Answer 1

High: tongue body is raised
Mid: tongue body neither raised or lowerd
Low: tongue body is lowered

Question 2

How many vowels english has?

Answer 2

15 (with turned c)

Question 3

Name the high vowels

Answer 3

i,I,u,ʊ

Question 4

What are the mid vowels

Answer 4

ej, ɛ, ʌ, ə, ɔ, oj, ow

Question 5

What are the minor diphtongs

Answer 5

ej, ow

Question 6

What are the major diphtongs

Answer 6

aj, aw, oj

Question 7

What is a tense vowel

Answer 7

More constriction, more peripheral articulation, longer

Question 8

What is a lax vowel

Answer 8

Less, constriction, shorter, more central

Question 9

Where do tense vowels appear

Answer 9

Within and end of words

Question 10

Where do lax vowels appear

Answer 10

Only within a word except schwa

Question 11

Where is the name Schwa taken from

Answer 11

Hebrew

Question 12

Is schwa tense or lax, high,low or mid, front,central back

Answer 12

Mid central lax (MCL)

Question 13

Is schwa stressed or unstressed

Answer 13

always unstressed

Question 14

Where does schwa appear

Answer 14

can appear within and finally

Question 15

Why is schwa a reduced vowel

Answer 15

it went through vowel reduction process

Question 16

What are the rounded vowels

Answer 16

u, ʊ, ow,oj, ɔ

Question 17

What are the vowel backness. Describe.

Answer 17

Front: Tongue close to teeth central: Tongue close to palate
back: Tongue close to velum

Question 18

Monophthong vs Diphtong

Answer 18

Monophthong: simple vowels
Diphthong: complex vowels = change of articulation.

Question 19

Are diphthong always lax or tense.

Answer 19

Tense

Question 20

what is the merger?

Answer 20

ɑ, ɔ (mostly in UK). the same in Western US and Canada

Question 21

Is ɑ rounded?

Answer 21

No

Question 22

Is ɔ rounded

Answer 22

Yes. And mid, back, lax

Question 23

ɔ is a variant of [?]. When does it happen?

Answer 23

ow, before [r]

Question 24

Cross-linguistically how many vowels are there?

Answer 24

5 vowels (a,e,i,o,u)

Question 25

Do vowels tend to spread out as much as possible in the vowel space?

Answer 25

Yes

Question 26

What are the major diphthongs

Answer 26

aj, aw, oj

Question 27

What are the minor diphthongs

Answer 27

ej, ow

Question 28

What is the order of vowel description

Answer 28

height, backness, rounding