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The term round refers to the position of the lips when certain vowels are produced. The lips are physically rounded when these types of sounds are produced.
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'''Round''' references the position of and tension in the lips when sounds are produced. In round sounds, the lips are physically rounded and appear in an 'O' shape. Round vowels in English include [ɔ, o, u, ʊ] and diphthong [oʊ]; the Gaelic vowels produced with a [+round] feature include [u, o, ɔ] and their nazalized and long counterparts (e.g. [u:, ũ, ũ:]).
*Round vowels in English are <nowiki>[ɔ,o,u,ʊ]</nowiki> and the diphthong <nowiki>[oʊ]</nowiki>
 
*Round vowels in Gaelic are <nowiki>[u,u:,ũ,ũ:,o,o:,ɔ,ɔ:,ɔ̃,ɔ̃:]</nowiki>
 
  
Certain consonants may also be articulated with a rounded lip gesture. For example English [r] and [w] are both pronounced with lip rounding. In Gaelic [[Labial (definition)|labial]] consonants receive extra lip rounding before front vowels, when in their [[Broad (definition)|broad] form.
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Though the term is normally used in reference to vowels, rounding can also be used to describe the secondary articulation of approximant-like consonants. English [ɹ] and [w] are both pronounced with lip rounding. In Gaelic, [[Labial (definition)|labial]] consonants receive extra lip rounding before front vowels, when in their [[Broad (definition)|broad]] form.
  
 
==See Also==
 
==See Also==
[[Tense in Phonetics (definition)]]
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*[[Vowel (definition)]]
[[Frontness (definition)]]
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*[[Frontness (definition)]]
[[Backness (definition)]]
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*[[Labial (definition)]]
[[Height (definition)]]
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*[[Sounds of Scottish Gaelic]]
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==External Links==
 
==External Links==
 
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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!
 
*http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roundedness
 
*http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roundedness
 
*http://www.departments.bucknell.edu/linguistics/vowels.html#round
 
  
 
==References==
 
==References==
 
*Crystal, David. (1997) A Dictionary of Linguistics and Phonetics. The language library. Oxford, UK: Blackwell.
 
*Crystal, David. (1997) A Dictionary of Linguistics and Phonetics. The language library. Oxford, UK: Blackwell.
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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]]

Latest revision as of 16:28, 30 November 2020

Round references the position of and tension in the lips when sounds are produced. In round sounds, the lips are physically rounded and appear in an 'O' shape. Round vowels in English include [ɔ, o, u, ʊ] and diphthong [oʊ]; the Gaelic vowels produced with a [+round] feature include [u, o, ɔ] and their nazalized and long counterparts (e.g. [u:, ũ, ũ:]).

Though the term is normally used in reference to vowels, rounding can also be used to describe the secondary articulation of approximant-like consonants. English [ɹ] and [w] are both pronounced with lip rounding. In Gaelic, labial consonants receive extra lip rounding before front vowels, when in their broad form.

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

  • Crystal, David. (1997) A Dictionary of Linguistics and Phonetics. The language library. Oxford, UK: Blackwell.
  • Ladefoged, D. (2010) A Course in Phonetics. 6th Edition. Wadsworth Publishing.