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An Introduction to Phonetics: Vowel Sounds

An Introduction to Phonetics: Vowel Sounds. Prof. Miguel A. Arce Ramos Eng. 115. Vowels. Some languages are characterized for usually having 5 vowels in their vowel system. For example, in Spanish the vowels are: A E I O U.

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An Introduction to Phonetics: Vowel Sounds

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  1. An Introduction to Phonetics: Vowel Sounds Prof. Miguel A. Arce Ramos Eng. 115

  2. Vowels • Some languages are characterized for usually having 5 vowels in their vowel system. • For example, in Spanish the vowels are: A E I O U. • Those vowels also exist in the vowel system of English, but they are not the only ones. • There are many more vowel sounds in English.

  3. Vowels • The American English vowel system is characterized for having more than 5 vowel SOUNDS. The only problem is that not all of them have symbols. • In English, vowels also some others that are determined by their place of articulation in our mouth or vocal tract.

  4. X-ray when we are producing vowels

  5. Vowels • For example in English, vowels are classified as FRONT vowels, BACK vowels, CENTRAL vowels and even HIGH vowels, MID vowels and LOW vowels. • This classification refers to the place a specific vowel is articulated in the oral cavity.

  6. Production of Vowels

  7. Vowels • They are also classified according to the strength and length of the vowel sound. • Tense Vowel Sound = Tense sounds are articulated with greater muscular effort (long vowels) • Lax Vowel Sound = Lax sounds are articulated with less muscular effort (short vowels)

  8. IPA Vowel Chart • High front tense vowel • [iy] • feet • meat • eat • sweet • key

  9. IPA Vowel Chart • High front lax Vowel • [ɪ] • hit • lip • him • build • women

  10. IPA Vowel Chart • Mid front tense vowel • [ey] • pay • aim • take • wait • break

  11. IPA Vowel Chart • Mid front lax vowel • [ε] • pet • rest • friend • guess • bread

  12. IPA Vowel Chart • Low front lax vowel • [æ] • pat • rat • answer • laugh • bank

  13. IPA Vowel Chart • Mid center lax vowel • [ə] • up • umpire • blood • about • oppose

  14. IPA Vowel Chart • High back tense vowels • [uw] • rule • through • whose • too • shoe

  15. IPA Vowel Chart • High back lax vowel • [ʊ] • put • butcher • sugar • cook • wolf

  16. IPA Vowel Chart • Mid back tense vowels • [ow]   • slow • roll • open • cargo • no

  17. IPA Vowel Chart • Mid back lax vowel • [ɔ]   • all • fall • law • fought • saw

  18. IPA Vowel Chart • Low back tense vowel • [ɑ]   • ah • occupy • hot • father • college

  19. IPA Chart • Diphthongs • A complex speech sound or glide that begins with one vowel and gradually changes to another vowel within the same syllable, as (oi) in boilor (ay) in fine. • [ɔy] = boy, toy, ploy • [ay] = fight, right, write • [aw] = out,now, town

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