LIN228H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Joule, Coarticulation, Phoneme
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S e p t e m b e r 28 t h, 2016. Lin228 l ec tu r e 3: en gl is h vo w e l s. Labial line all open except at /m/ Coronal line slightly open for /s/, closed for /t/ and all open for the rest: dorsal line everything open except for /k/ o. Velic line everything open except for /m: glottal straight line for /s t/, squiggly line for next three sounds, and straight line for /k/ Allophonic variation each phoneme can have two or more variants, i. e. allophones o o. Example; the /k/ will be different when we use it for key vs. coo . It is fronted in key (shown with a plus sign diacritic) Not a true velar /k/, but a palate /k/ i. e. it is fronted o. It is further back in coo and also rounded due to the /u/ sound.
