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    Vowels of Current English

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    The document discusses vowels in the English language. It defines vowels and explains how they are created by the movement of the tongue and mouth. It provides a chart classifying vowels by height, frontness, rounding, and tenseness. It also discusses diphthongs and introduces the Vietor triangle for representing vowel positions.

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    Vowels of Current English

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    The document discusses vowels in the English language. It defines vowels and explains how they are created by the movement of the tongue and mouth. It provides a chart classifying vowels by height, frontness, rounding, and tenseness. It also discusses diphthongs and introduces the Vietor triangle for representing vowel positions.

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    The document discusses vowels in the English language. It defines vowels and explains how they are created by the movement of the tongue and mouth. It provides a chart classifying vowels by height, frontness, rounding, and tenseness. It also discusses diphthongs and introduces the Vietor triangle for representing vowel positions.

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    Vowels of Current English

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    Maria Theresa Buscato
    The document discusses vowels in the English language. It defines vowels and explains how they are created by the movement of the tongue and mouth. It provides a chart classifying vowels by height, frontness, rounding, and tenseness. It also discusses diphthongs and introduces the Vietor triangle for representing vowel positions.

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    LET’S

    DO
    THIS!
    [po]
    [paU]
    [pe]
    [dans]
    The Vowels
    of Current
    English
    What are vowels?

    *are the principal and the


    most prominent sounds of
    syllables
    What are vowels?

    *are speech sounds created by


    the relatively free passage of
    breath through the larynx and
    oral cavity
    The
    Vowel
    Chart
    *an extremely useful tool in
    learning dialects

    *a map that shows how the


    parts of the mouth move to
    make the various vowel sounds
    The
    Role of the
    Tongue
    The
    Parts of the
    Tongue
    BACK FRONT

    MIDDLE BLADE

    TIP
    Classification of
    vowels according to
    the height and
    frontness of the
    tongue
    Front vowels
    [i], [I], [e],
    [ε], [æ]
    Back vowels
    [u], [U], [o],
    [ɔ], [α]
    Rounded vowels
    >pronounced with
    degree of rounding and
    protrusion of the lips
    Unrounded vowels
    or spread vowels
    >vowels without lip rounding
    Middle vowel
    >is the schwa [ə] or [Λ]
    Classification of
    vowels according
    to tenseness
    Tense vowel
    >typically longer in duration

    [i], [e],
    [u], [o]
    Lax vowel
    >produced in a relaxed state

    [I], [ε], [U], [ɔ]


    In current English, the length of
    vowels is determined primarily by
    neighboring sounds. For example,
    we distinguish bad from bat, bag
    from back, and lab from lap by the
    final consonants in those words, not
    by the longer vowel in the first of
    each pair.
    We tend to hold a vowel longer
    before a voiced consonant than
    before a voiceless one (as in bad
    versus bat), but that difference is
    secondary to and dependent on the
    voiced d versus the voiceless t.
    Some speakers, distinguish
    can ‘preserve in tins’ from
    can ‘be able,’ halve from
    have, and similarly balm
    from bomb and vary from
    very.
    Diphthong

    Is a sequence of two


    vowels in the same syllable
    [aI], [aU], [ɔI]
    Many English vowel sounds tend to
    have diphthongal pronunciation,
    most notably [e] and [o], as in bay
    and toe, which are usually
    pronounced in a way that might be
    written [eɪ] and [oʊ] if we wanted to
    record the secondary vowel.
    The
    Vietor Triangle
    or
    Vowel Triangle
    > a schematic representation of vowel
    sounds created by Wilhelm Vietor
    (1850-1918, German philologist and
    phonetician)

    > shows the position of the


    tongue and jaw according to the
    vowel sounds required when
    speaking
    So, what’s
    point???
    It makes us understand
    and learn new sounds.
    Our ability to teach the language to the
    young minds would improve as we are
    aware what is going on with our mouth,
    tongue, and jaw.
    It makes us understand the wonders of
    the human body which involves our
    speaking aspects.

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