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Phonetics: Vowels

Phonetics: Vowels. Vowel Qualities. The placement of the body of the tongue: Vertical: high – mid – low Horizontal: front – central – back The shape of the lips: Rounded – Unrounded The lowering of the velum: Nasal vowel The degree of the vocal tract contriction: Tense – Lax.

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Phonetics: Vowels

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  1. Phonetics: Vowels

  2. Vowel Qualities • The placement of the body of the tongue: • Vertical: high – mid – low • Horizontal: front – central – back • The shape of the lips: • Rounded – Unrounded • The lowering of the velum: Nasal vowel • The degree of the vocal tract contriction: • Tense – Lax

  3. Types of English Vowels • Tense Monophthongs • Lax Monophthongs • Diphthongs

  4. Tense Vowels are made with a relatively tense tongue and greater vocal tract constriction

  5. Tense Vowels are made with a relatively tense tongue and greater vocal tract constriction Beat Bait Boot Boat Bought • [i]: high front unrounded • [ey]: mid front unrounded • [uw]: high back rounded • [o]: mid back rounded • [ɑ]: low back unrounded

  6. Lax vowels are made with a placement of the tongue that results in relatively less vocal tract constriction Bit Bet Bat But About • [ɪ]: high front unrounded • [ɛ]: mid front unrounded • [æ]: low front unrounded • [ʌ]: mid central unrounded • [ə]: mid central unrounded

  7. Diphthongs • [ɛi] = lake, day • [ai] = like, try • [oi] = boil, boy • [ou] = go, hope • [au] = cloud, cow • [iə] = dear, idea • [ɛə] = care, hair • [uɪ] = fluent, sure

  8. IPA Vowels

  9. Transcription to Spelling • [huwz] • [Kɑlm] • [dɛf] • [Ɛik] • [preiər] • [kowm] • [ʃʌv] • [dɛt] • [frɛnd] • Whose • Calm • Deaf • Ache • Prayer • Comb • Shove • Debt • Friend

  10. Spelling to Transcription • [hɑrt] • [yɑt] • [rɑim] • [brɛik] • [wɪmɪn] • [plʌmər] • Heart • Yatch • Rhyme • Brake • Women • Plumber

  11. Write the spelling of the following transcription • dætə kəmpɑɪld bɑi ðʌ yuwnɪvərsɪdi ʌv nowrθ kɛrowlɑinəz næʃənəl sɛntər fowr kædɪstrɑfɪk spowrts ɪnjəri risərtʃ sɑits 67 fɛitəl owr lɑif-θrɛtɪniŋ ɪnjəriz duw tuw tʃiɛrlidiŋ sɪns 1982, mɛkiŋ ɪt bɑi fɑr ðʌ mowst pɛrɪləs spowrt fowr hɑi skuwl ænd kɑlidʒ-aidʒ fimɛl æθlits, tɑim.kɑm ripowrts. • Data compiled by the University of North Carolina's National Center for Catastrophic Sports Injury Research (NCCSI) cites 67 fatal or life-threatening injuries due to cheerleading since 1982, making it by far the most perilous sport for high school and college-age female athletes, Time.com reports.

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