LIN228H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Lanolin, Spectrogram, Allophone
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Vowels of the world"s languages: cardinal vowels. Main articulatory properties distinguishing vowels: height and backness (place). Cardinal vowels: i, y e, a, than english ae a little lower don"t front the /u/ like in english. , o lower the jaw, don"t round lips. Cardinal vowels are produced at the extreme periphery of the vowel space and are equidistant from one another. The cardinal vowel system was designed to provide reference points in the description of vowels. Vowels in particular languages can be described in reference to the cardinal vowels. The vowels at the extreme possible points of articulation are: primary secondary. In addition to the vowels produced at the four extreme corners of the vowel space, the vowel quadrilateral is further divided with a vertical line down the centre and two horizontal lines equidistant front one another. Each of the horizontal lines have cardinal vowels at the front and back extremes.
