LING 200 Lecture 2: Ling 200 phonetics part 2
2 Mar 2017
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Vowels are made with the airflow not being blocked. Vowels are differentiated between each other by the shape of the oral cavity. Vowel articulations: the height of the lower jaw; high, middle, low, the position of the tongue; front, central, back, the lip- rounding; rounded, unrounded, tense or lax. The height (3 cases: if you raise your lower jaw = produce a high, front, unrounded vowel (ex: i, a low, central, unrounded vowel (ex: a, a high, back, round vowel (ex: u) The high, middle and low are the height of the lower jaw. The front, central, back are the positions of the tongue. Rounded: it is when you round the mouth, like pronouncing the word you . Unrounded: it is when your mouth is not rounded/ pronouncing the word animal . Tense: a tense vowel is when the muscles of your vocal chords are squeezed during its pronunciation.
