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| − | '''Height''' is a vocalic feature that refers to the vertical position of the tongue body, specifically its distance from the roof of the mouth. There are three levels of | + | '''Height''' is a vocalic feature that refers to the vertical position of the tongue body, specifically its distance from the roof of the mouth. There are three levels of height: high, low, and mid. Height references the placement of the articulators necessary in the production of certain sounds; for vowels, this can be difficult. Nevertheless, height is used to distinguish between natural classes of vowel and in tandem with ''frontness'' and ''backness'' describes a wide range of the vocalic continuum. |
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| + | * [i, ɪ, ʊ, u] are high vowels, | ||
| + | * [e, ɛ, ɔ, o, ʌ, ə] are mid vowels, | ||
| + | * [æ, ɑ] are low vowels. | ||
==See Also== | ==See Also== | ||
Latest revision as of 14:35, 30 November 2020
Height is a vocalic feature that refers to the vertical position of the tongue body, specifically its distance from the roof of the mouth. There are three levels of height: high, low, and mid. Height references the placement of the articulators necessary in the production of certain sounds; for vowels, this can be difficult. Nevertheless, height is used to distinguish between natural classes of vowel and in tandem with frontness and backness describes a wide range of the vocalic continuum.
In English:
- [i, ɪ, ʊ, u] are high vowels,
- [e, ɛ, ɔ, o, ʌ, ə] are mid vowels,
- [æ, ɑ] are low vowels.
See Also
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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.
