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    Vowels: Cardinal Vowel

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    Chapter 4: The Vowels of English. An Articulatory Classification. Acoustic Correlates. The Description and Distribution of English Monophthongs and Diphthongs 4.1. The Vowels. Criteria for Classification 4.2. The Cardinal Vowel Charts 4.3. English Vowels. The description and distribution of English monophthongs and diphthongs A. English simple vowels a. English front vowels b. English back vowels c. English central vowels B. English diphthongs a. Centring diphthongs b. Diphthongs to /w/ c. Diphthongs

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    Vowels

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    Vowels Speech sounds can be classified and described in articulatory‚ acoustic and auditory terms. On the basis of these terms the two broad categories in which the speech sounds in any language can be classified are vowels and consonants. Consonants are best described in articulatory terms because there is some type of closure or narrowing of the air passage to the extent that there is audible friction during the production of that sound. But in case of the production of vowels as there is no closure

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    Central Vowel

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    central vowel is a type of vowel sound used in some spoken languages. The defining characteristic of a central vowel is that the tongue is positioned halfway between a front vowel and a back vowel. The central vowels identified by the International Phonetic Alphabet are: * close central unrounded vowel [ɨ] * close central rounded vowel [ʉ] * close-mid central unrounded vowel [ɘ] * close-mid central rounded vowel [ɵ] * mid central vowel [ə] * open-mid central unrounded vowel [ɜ]

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    Vowels Sounds

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    Symbols English Speech Sounds: Vowel Sounds Front Vowels 1. / i: / ي - it is found in the words like; eat‚ tea‚ seen (long high front spread vowel) 2. / ɪ / - it is found in the words like; bit‚ pin‚ silly (short high front spread vowel) 3. /e/ - it is found in the words like; bet‚ tent‚ head (short mid front spread vowel). 4. / æ / - cat‚ fat‚ dad (short low front spread vowel). Central Vowels 5. /ɜ:/ ۀ - (Position: Central‚ Lips: Neutral‚ Long vowel); this may also be shown by the

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    The vowels (Monophthongs) of English 1. [i] High Front Tense Unrounded 2. [I] High Front Lax Unrounded 3. [ɛ] Mid Front Lax Unrounded 4. [æ] Low Front Lax Unrounded 5. [ɚ] Mid Central Lax Unrounded 6. [ʌ] Mid Central Lax Unrounded 7. [u] High Back Tense Round 8. [ʊ] High Back Lax Round 9. [ɔ]Mid Back Lax Round 10. [ɑ] Low Back Lax Unrounded Founded in 1963‚ National Kaohsiung University of Applied Sciences (KUAS) was originally known as the Provincial Kaohsiung Institute of Technology

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    Vowels in English Gramar

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    Phonetics The English Vowels and Diphthongs There are 5 vowels and 2 semi-vowels (Y and W). But there are from 11 to 20 "vowel sounds" in English‚ made by one or more vowels in various words. Vowels in the English Alphabet The 5 traditional vowels are A‚ E‚ I‚ O‚ and U. However‚ in English the the letters W and Y can also represent vowel sounds‚ but they don’t always do so. Hence‚ they may be considered vowels "sometimes". Examples with Y and W as vowels: In the word "by" [ˈbɑɪ]

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    Types of English vowels

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    Introduction Vowel sounds present a considerable challenge to non-native speakers. Spoken English has an unusually high number of vowel sounds - from 5 written vowels (a‚ e‚ i‚ o‚ u) we produce 19 vowel sounds (see chart below). Do you know how many vowel sounds your language has? If it has less than English‚ you will need to learn the new sounds. Types of Vowel Sound A vowel sound is made by shaping the air as it leaves the mouth. There are four types of vowel in English: Short monothongs

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    Cardinal Wolsey

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    Cardinal Wolsey In the Cardinal Wolsey speech Wolsey has just been removed from position as the advisor to the king. His diminished attitude towards the affair has lead him to reveal his feelings of anguish to the crowd. It is as though a tragic event such as this was enough to make him reconsider the value of his position. Wolsey’s depression is made clear by the way he positions himself in the midst of his downfall he feels as though everything he has ever had has wasted away. At one point

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    What is phonology? Phonology is the study of the sound system of languages. It is a huge area of language theory and it is difficult to do more on a general language course than have an outlineknowledge of what it includes. In an exam‚ you may be asked to comment on a text that you are seeing for the first time in terms of various language descriptions‚ of which phonology may be one. At one extreme‚ phonology is concerned with anatomy andphysiology - the organs of speech and how we learn to use

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    LANGUAGE CONSISTS OF VOWELS AND CONSONANTS Language consists of vowels and consonants. That sentence may contain some truth‚ but when we talk about language‚ we can not say that consists of vowels and consonants only. Language is a system for encoding and decoding information. However‚ there are different kinds of ways to communicate and‚ we as human beings are not the only ones who have the ability to do it. Vowels and consonants are related to speech. On the other hand‚ language

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