LINA01H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Joule, Monophthong, Vocal Tract
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Produced by body of your tongue (either raised or lowered) Produced w/ no major obstruction (closure, block) in the vocal tract (that means air can flow freely thru. mouth) Either tense or lax (diff. is the vocal tract constriction) Criteria of vowel classification: change in vowel quality (monophthongs vs diphthongs, tongue body height, tongue body backness/frontness, lip rounding. * how retracted or pulled front when making sound vowel: change in vowel quality. Whether vowel quality remains stable throughout vowel or not (noticeable change in sound) Vowels produced w/ one stable vowel quality (no change) Major start of vowel articulation is diff from the end art. extreme change in articulation. Diphthong: consists of a vowel and glide (together) Eg. say [sej] ej vowel [ e ] + glide [ j : tongue body height height of tongue body can be: high or low. Eg. low: had hot hide mid: head boy arrest hoe high: heed hid who"d hood.
