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edh
esh
ezh
engma
yod
[t] chop
[d] jot
[] uh-oh
[ww ] or [] whale
(vs. wail)
[] rot
Demonstration with
vowels!
Were
going to use a duck call to simulate the
buzzing of the vocal folds, and filter the sound with
differently shaped plastic tubes.
duck call is
placed here
http://www.exploratorium.edu/exhibits/vocal_vowels/vocal_vowels.html
Another View
[i]
[a]
Vowels
Vowels
In languages with
larger vowel
inventories, additional
distinctions are made:
Tense (outer)/lax
(inner)
diphthongs/monophth
ongs
Central
Back
High
i (heat)
(hit)
u (hoot)
(foot)
Mid
e (hate)
(bet)
(sofa)
(hut)
(hat)
o (boat)
(caught)
(hot)
Low
14
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About [e, o]
Some transcriptions use [e] and [o] for the vowels in
English wait, boat, but these vowels are more
accurately described as diphthongs. We will use the
following transcription in this class:
[ e
o ]
Diphthongs
Two-part vowel sounds consisting of a transition from one
vowel to the other in the same syllable.
[e] hey
[] buy
[] toy
[] cow
[o] low
a e i o u
weird symbols,
used for English
lax vowels
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a. [] b. []
c. [] d. [i]
e. []
a. [] b. []
c. [] d. [i]
e. []
a. [] b. []
c. [] d. [i]
e. []
a. [] b. []
c. [] d. [i]
e. []
a. [] b. []
c. [] d. [i]
e. []
English Orthography
(spelling)
Mostly terrible at representing
vowels.
Artifacts of history
Too few letters for all our vowel sounds