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    Lecture 4 Phonetics Vowels

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    The document discusses vowel sounds and the vowel triangle. It describes how vowels are produced and classified based on tongue position. Vowels are classified as front, central, or back vowels. It also discusses diphthongs, which are combinations of two vowel sounds produced in one syllable, such as the diphthongs [aɪ], [aʊ], [eɪ], [oʊ], and [ɔɪ]. Examples of words containing each diphthong are provided.

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    The document discusses vowel sounds and the vowel triangle. It describes how vowels are produced and classified based on tongue position. Vowels are classified as front, central, or back vowels. It also discusses diphthongs, which are combinations of two vowel sounds produced in one syllable, such as the diphthongs [aɪ], [aʊ], [eɪ], [oʊ], and [ɔɪ]. Examples of words containing each diphthong are provided.

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    Phonetics

    Vowel sounds
    are produced with a relatively free flow of air. They
    are all typically voiced.
    To describe vowel sounds, we consider the way in
    which the tongue influences the shape through which
    the airflow must pass.
    Vietor Triangle
    Front vowels

    [i] bead, beef, key, me


    [ɪ] bid, myth, women
    [ɛ] bed, dead, said
    [æ] bad, laugh, wrap
    [ɑ] Bob, cot, swan
    Central vowels

    [ə] above, oven, support


    [ʌ] butt, blood, dove, tough
    Back vowels

    [u] boo, move, two, you


    [ʊ] book, could, put
    [ɔ] born, caught, fall, raw
    Diphthongs

    We regularly create sounds that consist of a


    combination of two vowel sounds, known as
    diphthongs.
    When we produce diphthongs, our vocal organs
    move from one vocalic position [a] to another [ɪ]
    as we produce the sound [aɪ], as in Hi or Bye.
    Which is the diphthong repeated in the traditional
    speech
    The movement is interpreted as involving a glide
    such as [j] or [w], so that the diphthongs we are
    representing as [aɪ] and [aʊ] may sometimes be seen
    as [aj] or [aw].
    Dipthongs

    [aɪ] buy, eye, I, my, pie, sigh


    [aʊ] bough, doubt, cow
    [eɪ] bait, eight, great, late, say
    [oʊ] boat, home, throw, toe
    [ɔɪ] boy, noise
    THANK
    YOU 

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