Week 4 (Vowels) Flashcards
/i/ or /i:/—>high front unround
Like in mean, beat.
/ı/ high front unround
Like in word, if, fish, pin.
/e/ mid front unround
Like in bet, men.
/ε/
Like in any, said.
/æ/ low front unround
Like in ask, cat, hand, bat, gas.
/y/
Like in über.
/v/ upside-down —>low central unround
Like in fun, love, money, cut, come.
/Ω/ upside-down
Like in put, look, book.
/α/ upside-down, turned around —>low back round
Like in Rob, top, watch, pot, cross.
/ə/ schwa—>mid, central, round vowel
Like in mother, alive, again, opposed, about, perhaps
P.S. always found in unstressed syllables—>a weak vowel
-not the only vowel found in weak syllables [ı] is also found there.
/3/ or /3:/—>mid central unround
Like in her, bird, purse.
/i/ crossed with a bar
Like the Greek lip.
/u/ or /u:/—> high back round
Like in boot, food, soon.
/ο/
Like in yawn.
/c/ or /c:/ turned around—>mid back round
Like in saw, horse, torn.
/α/ —> low back round
Like in grass, can’t, half, card, pass.
What are the four parameters regarding the quality of a vowel?
- Tongue height
- Tongue backness
- Lip-rounding
- Lax/Tense vowels
Tongue height: how much space is there between the tongue and roof of the mouth?
-high/close: relatively narrow space between tongue and roof of mouth
-low/open: relatively wide space between tongue and roof of mouth
-mid: tongue position roughly half way through between the high and low vowels
High/close vowels?
I, I, u, o
Low/open vowels?
æ, a/α
Mid vowels
ε, e, o, ə
Tongue backness: how far from the back of the mouth is the raised body of the tongue?
-front: articulation is rather forward of the mouth
-back: articulation is rather back in the mouth
Central: articulation is roughly between front and back vowels
Front vowels?
I, I, e æ, ε
Back vowels?
u, Ω, ο, ?
