Difference between revisions of "Tense in Phonetics (definition)"

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*http://akerbeltz.org/index.php?title=Vowels_before_rr_ll_nn
 
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A tense sound is made with greater effort from the muscles than other sounds. One example would be vowels that are produced by a narrow posture of the tongue. This is often caused by Advanced Tongue Root

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References

  • Matthews, P. H. (1997) The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Linguistics. Oxford: Oxford University Press.