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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 describes where in the mouth a sound is articulated. Front Vowels are produced with the tongue body towards the front of the mouth.  In English front vowels include <nowiki>[i,e,ɛ,æ,a]</nowiki>.  
  
 
==See Also==
 
==See Also==
[[Vowel (definition)]]
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*[[Vowel (definition)]]
[[Consonant (definition)]]
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*[[Consonant (definition)]]
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*[[Sounds of Scottish Gaelic]]
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*[[Backness (definition)]]
  
  
 
==External Links==
 
==External Links==
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Front_vowel
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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.
  
 
[[Category: Technical Definitions]]
 
[[Category: Technical Definitions]]
 
[[Category: Phonetics]]
 
[[Category: Phonetics]]
 
[[Category: Places of Articulation]]
 
[[Category: Places of Articulation]]

Revision as of 20:58, 7 June 2012

Frontness describes where in the mouth a sound is articulated. Front Vowels are produced with the tongue body towards the front of the mouth. In English front vowels include [i,e,ɛ,æ,a].

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.