Vowels and Diphthongs - SPPA 2120
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/i/
“he”
lowercase i
high, front, tense, unrounded
/ɪ/
“hid”
small cap i
high-mid, front, lax, unrounded
/e/
“chAotic”
lowercase e
mid, front, tense, unrounded
/ɛ/
“head”
epsilon
low-mid, front, lax, unrounded
/æ/
“cat”
ash
low, front, lax, unrounded
/ɝ/
“her”
right hook reversed epsilon
mid, central, tense, rounded, r-colored
/ɜ/
French “e” or distorted /ɝ/
reversed epsilon
low-mid, central, tense, rounded
/ɚ/
“mothER'“
schwar
mid, central, lax, rounded, r-colored
/ʌ/
“hub”
wedge
low-mid, central, lax, unrounded
/ə/
“Again”
schwa
mid, central, lax, unrounded
/u/
“who”
lowercase u
high, back, tense, rounded
/ʊ/
“book”
upsilon
high-mid, back, lax, rounded
/o/
“RObot”
lowercase o
mid, back, tense, rounded
/ɔ/
“crawl”
open o
low-mis, back, tense, rounded
/ɑ/
“hop”
script a
low, back, tense, unrounded
/ɑ̅ɪ̅/
“bye”
unrounded, low-back to high-front
phonemic
/ɔ̅ɪ/
“boy”
rounded to unrounded, low-mid back to mid-front
phonemic
/ɑ̅ʊ̅/
“cow”
rounded to unrounded, low-back to mid-back
phonemic
/e̅ɪ̅/
“bay”
unrounded, mid-front to high mid-front
non-phonemic
/o̅ʊ̅/
“snow”
rounded, mid-back to high-mid back
non-phonemic
3 aspects of vowel production
spatial: oral and pharyngeal cavities are not restricted
temporal: indefinite sustention
functional: serve as syllable nucleus
tongue positions: high/low
high, mid-high, mid, mid-low, low
tongue position: front/back
front, central, back
tongue tenseness
tense or lax
lip configuration
rounded or unrounded
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