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| − | The term height refers to the vertical position of the tongue body when the vowel or consonant is pronounced. Usually three heights are distinguished: high, low, and mid. | + | The term height refers to the vertical position of the tongue body when the vowel or consonant is pronounced. Usually three heights are distinguished: high, low, and mid. <nowiki>[i, ɪ, ʊ, u]</nowiki> are the high vowels of English. <nowiki> [e, ɛ, ɔ, o, ʌ, ə]</nowiki> are the mid vowels of English, and <nowiki>[æ, ɑ]</nowiki> are the low vowels of American English (other dialects have other low vowels). |
==See Also== | ==See Also== | ||
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==External Links== | ==External Links== | ||
| − | *http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vowel_height | + | The link below takes you away from the Gaelic Wiki to Wikipedia. Since wikipedia pages can be edited by anyone, they often contain inaccurate information. So be careful! |
| + | *http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vowel_height | ||
==References== | ==References== | ||
*Matthews, P. H. (1997) The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Linguistics. Oxford: Oxford University Press. | *Matthews, P. H. (1997) The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Linguistics. Oxford: Oxford University Press. | ||
| + | *Ladefoged, D. (2010) ''A Course in Phonetics''. 6th Edition. Wadsworth Publishing. | ||
[[Category: Technical Definitions]] | [[Category: Technical Definitions]] | ||
[[Category: Phonetics]] | [[Category: Phonetics]] | ||
[[Category: Places of Articulation]] | [[Category: Places of Articulation]] | ||
Revision as of 23:48, 7 June 2012
The term height refers to the vertical position of the tongue body when the vowel or consonant is pronounced. Usually three heights are distinguished: high, low, and mid. [i, ɪ, ʊ, u] are the high vowels of English. [e, ɛ, ɔ, o, ʌ, ə] are the mid vowels of English, and [æ, ɑ] are the low vowels of American English (other dialects have other low vowels).
See Also
Frontness (definition) Vowel (definition) Backness (definition)
External Links
The link below takes you away from the Gaelic Wiki to Wikipedia. Since wikipedia pages can be edited by anyone, they often contain inaccurate information. So be careful!
References
- Matthews, P. H. (1997) The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Linguistics. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
- Ladefoged, D. (2010) A Course in Phonetics. 6th Edition. Wadsworth Publishing.
