Height (definition)
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The term height refers to the vertical position of the tongue body when the vowel or consonant is pronounced. Usually three heights are distinguished: high, low, and mid.
See Also
Frontness (definition) Vowel (definition) Backness (definition)
External Links
References
- Matthews, P. H. (1997) The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Linguistics. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
