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| − | The term round refers to the position of the lips when certain vowels are produced | + | 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. |
*Round vowels in English are <nowiki>[ɔ,o,u,ʊ]</nowiki> and the diphthong <nowiki>[oʊ]</nowiki> | *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> | *Round vowels in Gaelic are <nowiki>[u,u:,ũ,ũ:,o,o:,ɔ,ɔ:,ɔ̃,ɔ̃:]</nowiki> | ||
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| + | 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. | ||
==See Also== | ==See Also== | ||
| + | [[Tense in Phonetics (definition)]] | ||
| + | [[Frontness (definition)]] | ||
| + | [[Backness (definition)]] | ||
| + | [[Height (definition)]] | ||
==External Links== | ==External Links== | ||
| + | *http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roundedness | ||
==References== | ==References== | ||
| − | + | *Crystal, David. (1997) A Dictionary of Linguistics and Phonetics. The language library. Oxford, UK: Blackwell. | |
| − | Crystal, David. A Dictionary of Linguistics and Phonetics. The language library. Oxford, UK: Blackwell | ||
[[Category: Technical Definitions]] | [[Category: Technical Definitions]] | ||
[[Category: Phonetics]] | [[Category: Phonetics]] | ||
| + | [[Category: Places of Articulation]] | ||
Revision as of 16:56, 15 November 2009
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.
- Round vowels in English are [ɔ,o,u,ʊ] and the diphthong [oʊ]
- Round vowels in Gaelic are [u,u:,ũ,ũ:,o,o:,ɔ,ɔ:,ɔ̃,ɔ̃:]
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 consonants receive extra lip rounding before front vowels, when in their [[Broad (definition)|broad] form.
See Also
Tense in Phonetics (definition) Frontness (definition) Backness (definition) Height (definition)
External Links
References
- Crystal, David. (1997) A Dictionary of Linguistics and Phonetics. The language library. Oxford, UK: Blackwell.
