Vowels

Question 1

vowels

Answer 1

sounds produced with little restriction of airflow from lungs out through the mouth/nose

Question 2

vowel quality

Answer 2

dependent on the shape of vocal tract as air passes through

Question 3

vowel sounds

Answer 3

carry pitch & loudness/can stand alone

Question 4

how are vowel sounds classified

Answer 4

how high/low or forward/backward the tongue is in the mouth/are lips round/spread

Question 5

what sounds are high, front vowels

Answer 5

[i], [ɪ]

Question 6

what sounds are mid, front vowels

Answer 6

[e], [ɛ]

Question 7

what sounds are low, front vowels

Answer 7

[æ]

Question 8

what sounds are low, central vowels

Answer 8

[ə], [ʌ], [a]

Question 9

what sounds are high, back vowels

Answer 9

[u], [ʊ]

Question 10

what sounds are mid, back vowels

Answer 10

[o]

Question 11

what sounds are low, back vowels

Answer 11

[ɔ]

Question 12

what sounds are rounded vowels

Answer 12

[u], [ʊ], [o], [ɔ]

Question 13

diphthong

Answer 13

sequence of two vowel sounds bonded together

Question 14

monophthong

Answer 14

one vowel sound

Question 15

oral vowels

Answer 15

when air is prevented from escaping through nose

Question 16

nasal vowels

Answer 16

when air is not prevented from escaping through the nose

Question 17

what symbolizes nasalization of vowels

Answer 17

tilde (~)

Question 18

tense vowels

Answer 18

sounds produced with a greater tension of the tongue muscles

Question 19

what are tense vowels

Answer 19

[i], [e], [u], [o], [ɔ], [a], [aɪ], [aʊ], [ɔɪ]

Question 20

what are lax vowels

Answer 20

[ɪ], [ɛ], [ʊ], [ʌ], [æ], [ə]

Question 21

continuants

Answer 21

all vowels are continuants