Front Vowels Flashcards
(26 cards)
/i/ (classification)
high, front, unrounded, tense
/ɪ/ (classification)
high, front, unrounded, lax
/e/ (classification)
high-mid, front, unrounded, tense
/ɛ/ (classification)
epsilon
low-mid, front, unrounded, lax
/æ/ (classification)
ash
low, front, unrounded, lax
red
bet
led
steady
where
bury
elephant
/ɛ/
had
bat
pass
mat
aster
alabama
/æ/
key
beet
keep
fleet
teacher
/i/
win
bit
hit
sister
inside
dreary
steer
/ɪ/
chaotic
beijing
undulate
layette
/e/
bait
stated
away
baby
create
/eɪ/
dipthong of /e/
cannot be in the final position of a monosyllabic word
/ɪ/
point vowels
/i/ and /æ/
front vowels
/i/
/ɪ/
/e/
/ɛ/
/æ/
allographs of /i/
i - mosquito
e - she
ei - seizure
ea - reach
ee - keel
ey - key
ie - relieve
oe - amoeba
allographs of /ɪ/
i - with, ring
y - gym
ui - guilt
u - business
-y - baby, many, gloomy
ee - been
o - women
ie - sieve
e - england, pretty
r-colored vowel
possess a quality known as rhotacization, composed of two elements (vowel + /ɹ/)
/ɪɹ/
r colored /ɪ/
ear - fear
eer - deer
ir - mirror
eir - weird
ier - pierce
ere - here
rhotacization
vowel perceived as having an “r” quality or “r coloring” associated with it
/ɪŋ/
ing - ring, sing, cling
many
gloomy
baby
allophone of /ɪ/
/ɛɹ/
r colored /ɛ/
air - flair
eir - their
ear - bear
ur - bury
are - bare
ere - where
allographs of /e/
ea - great
a..e - hate
au - gauge
ai - faint
ei - veil
ay - stray
ey - grey
allographs of /ɛ/
e - let
ei - heifer
ea - meant
a - many
ie - friend
ue - guest
eo - leonard
ai - said
