week 2 - vowels

Question 1

what are cardinal vowels

Answer 1

allow us to map all of the possible vowel formations that exist- it is a reference system that we can use to compare vowels in English with any other language

Question 2

oral vowels

Answer 2

soft palette is raised, air cannot escape through nasal passage.

Question 3

what are the tongue specifications for vowels

Answer 3

Beat- sound made when tongue is close to the front of the mouth

high/close= same thing

Boot- mouth curves down from hard to soft palate

Intermediate vowels- neither front or back

Question 4

discuss the layout of the cardinal vowel chart

Answer 4

16 vowels
Vowels on left- always made with unrounded lips

Vowels on right- always rounded

Back vowels left- unrounded

Back vowels right- rounded

Front close to front open- 1-4 (primary, unrounded)

Question 5

what is a vowel quality

Answer 5

front, back, open, closed, rounded, unrounded

Question 6

what is a free vowel

Answer 6

can appear at the end of a word without a closing consonant

Question 7

what is a checked vowel

Answer 7

not found at ends of words without closing consonants

Question 8

what is a dipthong

Answer 8

one vowel quality to another