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a sound that is made with greater effort from the muscles used to produce the sounds. One example would be vowels that are produced by a narrow posture of the tongue.  
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A tense sound is made with greater effort from the muscles than other sounds. One example would be [[Vowel (definition)|vowels]] that are produced by a narrow posture of the tongue.  
  
 
==See Also==
 
==See Also==

Revision as of 18:16, 11 November 2009

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.

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References

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