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Linguistics for ELT Phonetics

Linguistics for ELT Phonetics. The Vowel Sounds. Production of Vowel sounds. Vowel sounds are produced by passing air through different shapes of the mouth, with different positions of the tongue and the lips, and occurring in different parts of the oral cavity

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Linguistics for ELT Phonetics

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  1. Linguistics for ELTPhonetics The Vowel Sounds

  2. Production of Vowel sounds • Vowel sounds are produced by passing air through different shapes of the mouth, • with different positions of the tongue and the lips, and occurring in different parts of the oral cavity • With the air stream relatively unobstructed, except at the glottis.

  3. Classification of vowels • With reference to the production of the vowels • Lips can form many shapes – considered 3 • - rounded (as in /u/) • - spread (/i/) • - neutral (ə) • - Open# (/a/)

  4. Tongue Position • The tongue moves to different positions to produce the different vowels. • High /i/ /u/ - the tongue touches the roof of the mouth • mid /e/ /o/ - tongue rests mid way bet roof and low position • Low /a/ /æ/ - tongue at its lowest position, touching the lower teeth smtimes

  5. Cardinal vowels • Vowels which are familiar and most common with European speakers – and almost all languages have these sounds • Quadrilateral of vowels – position of production - draw • /i/, /e/, /ε/, /a/ • /u/, /o/, /c/, /a/

  6. Short vowels • /I/ - Bit, Pit, fish • /e/ - bet, men, yes • /æ/- man, gas • /Λ/ but, some, rush • /inverted a/ pot, gone, cross • /u/ pull, put, push

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