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Frontness may be used to describe where in the mouth a sound is articulated. In English front vowels include <nowiki>[i,e,ɛ,æ,a]</nowiki>. Front consonants are those made at the [[Alveolar (definition)| alveolar]], [[Labial (definition)|labial]] and [[Dental (definition)|dental]] places of articulation. The opposite of front is (obviously) [[Backness (definition)|back]]. The back vowels of English are <nowiki>[u, ʊ, o, ɔ, ɑ]</nowiki>. Back consonants include the [[Velar (definition)|velars]], [[Uvular (definition)|uvulars]], [[Pharyngeal (definition)|pharyngeals]] and [[Glottal (definition)|glottals]]
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'''Frontness''' is a binary feature that describes sounds wherein the tongue body is pushed towards the hard palate. The feature is commonly used to describe vowels and contrasts with ''backness'' to create natural classes of vocalic segments. In English front vowels include /i/ (as in ''beet''), /ɪ/ (as in ''bit''), /e/ (as in ''bait''), /ɛ/ (as in ''bed''), and /æ/ (as in ''bad'').
  
 
==See Also==
 
==See Also==
[[Vowel (definition)]]
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*[[Vowel (definition)]]
[[Consonant (definition)]]
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*[[Backness (definition)]]
 
 
  
 
==External Links==
 
==External Links==
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Front_vowel
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*https://home.cc.umanitoba.ca/~krussll/phonetics/articulation/describing-vowels.html
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*http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Front_vowel
  
 
==References==
 
==References==
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*Ladefoged, D. (2010) ''A Course in Phonetics''. 6th Edition. Wadsworth Publishing.
  
 
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[[Category: Places of Articulation]]
 
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Latest revision as of 14:30, 30 November 2020

Frontness is a binary feature that describes sounds wherein the tongue body is pushed towards the hard palate. The feature is commonly used to describe vowels and contrasts with backness to create natural classes of vocalic segments. In English front vowels include /i/ (as in beet), /ɪ/ (as in bit), /e/ (as in bait), /ɛ/ (as in bed), and /æ/ (as in bad).

See Also

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

  • Ladefoged, D. (2010) A Course in Phonetics. 6th Edition. Wadsworth Publishing.