LING 1001 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Nasal Vowel, Diphthong

• School: Carleton University
• Department: Linguistics
• Course: LING 1001
• Professor: Bethany Mac Leod

Document Summary

Can only appear in stressed syllables when followed by /upside down r/ Some dialects of english /backwards c/ and /a/ are in contrast. Where tongue is when produce sound and rounded lips or not, tense or lax. Backness: horizontal position of tongue in mouth. Height: vertical position of tongue in mouth. Rounding: whether or not lips are rounded or not during production. Tongue constriction (tense/lax): corresponds to tension of the tongue during production. Also: nasality: any vowel can also be realized as nasal, vassal open, allow are to flow through nasal cavity.