Front vowels Flashcards
1
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/i/ tongue placement: tense v. lax high? enlarged? one of the four ? examples:
A
high tense (can end stressed syllables, ex: agree) mandible oropharynx corner vowels green, magazine, sheep
2
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sydney’s translation of /i/
A
ee
3
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/I/ height: rounded or unrounded? tense vs. lax? consider this to be vowel used in unstressed syllables spelled with ? -examples found in words ending with ? sometimes occurs before r instead of /i/ - makes it? examples of this?
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high unrounded lax (can't end stressed syllables ex: /mI/) y candy, berry, roomy -ing r-colored or rhotic hear, peer, weird
listen
fit
delicious
4
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/e,eI/ height? unrounded or rounded? tense v. lax? /e/ used in? /eI/ used in ? examples of unstressed examples of stressed
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high-mid
unrounded
tense (can end stressed syllables, ex: today)
unstressed
stressed syllables and when it’s the very last phoneme in the word
saying
rehabilitate
5
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syd’s translation of /e, eI/
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aye
6
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/3/ height? unrounded or rounded lax or tense? occurs often before ? -examples of this example of r colored example of non r colored
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low to mid unrounded lax (can't end stressed syllables) occurs before r hair terrified red
7
Q
/ae/ height unrounded or rounded lax or tense one of the four ? sometimes ? -example of this examples
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low (lowest) unrounded lax (can't end stressed syllables) corner vowel nasalized sang, bank bad trash
8
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syd’s translation of /ae/
A
ah
9
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syd’s translation of /3/
A
eh
