THE 152 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Bud Bud, Tenseness, Diphthong
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Understanding the bowel system of standard american english: types of words, characteristics of vowels. Know/use phonetic symbol for each vowel sound: monophthongs, diphthongs. Notecards: monophthongs: symbol (one side, sound/key/word/phonetic characteristics (other side) Produced with relatively open vocal tract; no significant constriction of the oral cavity: open sounds: airstream from vocal folds to lips is unimpeded. Voiced sounds: produced with the vocal fold vibrations. Monophthongs (12 sounds/14 symbols: pure vowels, qualitatively the same throughout their production. +controlled-r/rhotic: blend of 2 vowels, change in quality during their duration. Lip rounding: rounded/unrounded: rounded: produced with added lip rounding, unrounded: produced with no lip rounding (retracted) Two kinds: phonemic: eye, ow, oy (ch. Vowel sound that demonstrates articulatory movement during its production. Two vowel sounds closely blended to create one vowel sound. Non-phonemic diphthong: meaning isn"t going to change if you use a monothong symbol of a diphthong symbol. Combo of front/back vowel + cenral vowel er : ar air ear or ooer .
