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English vowel sounds. Classification
This document provides an overview of English vowel sounds. It defines a vowel sound as a vibration of the vocal cords without obstruction of airflow from the mouth. It then lists and provides examples of the most common English vowel sounds using IPA symbols. The document further classifies vowels according to several criteria, such as horizontal tongue position (front, back, central), vertical mouth position (high, mid, low), and lip position (round, spread, neutral). It includes a vowel chart and assigns exercises to practice vowel sounds.
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Overview of the lesson on English vowel sounds and their classification.
Definition of vowel sounds highlighting continuous vocal chord vibration and unobstructed airstream.
Introduction to specific vowel symbols and their sounds in English, including examples.
More vowel symbols and sounds including stressed and unstressed syllables, with illustrative examples.
Classification of vowels based on tongue position: front, back, and central vowels.
Classification of vowels according to mouth position: high, mid, and low vowels.
Further classification of vowels based on lip position (round, spread, neutral) and sound duration (long, short).
Presentation of a vowel chart summarizing the vowels discussed previously.
Assignment instructions for exercises in a phonetics course book and a note of good luck.
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- 1. Phonetics and Phonology Lesson 3:English vowel sounds. Classification of vowel sounds.
- 2. It is asound in which there is a continuous vibration of the vocal chords and the airstream is allowed to escape from the mouth in an unobstructed manner, without any interruption. What is a vowel sound?
- 3. Vowel symbols (IPA) /i/like in meet, beat /ɪ/ like in sick, big
- 4. /Ɛ/ or /e/like in bed, head /ӕ/ like in bad, cat
- 5. /ə/ like inabout, sofa (unstressed syllable) /ʌ/ like in cut, come (stressed syllable)
- 6. /ɝ/ like infur, murder (stressed syllable) /ɚ/ like in murder, mother (unstressed syllable)
- 7. /a/ or /ɒ/like in father, boss /ɔ/ like in saw, port
- 8. /u/ like intoo, soon /Ʊ/ like in foot, could
- 9. Classification of Englishvowels 1- According to the horizontal position of the tongue, they can be: • Front vowels: The front of the tongue is raised in the direction of the hard palate.
- 10. • Back vowels:The back of the tongue is raised in the direction of the soft palate. • Central vowels: They are intermediate between front and back vowels.
- 11. 2- According tothe vertical position of the mouth, they can be: • High vowels: when the mouth is relatively closed. • Mid vowels: when the mouth is approximately half-way. • Low vowels: when the mouth is relatively open.
- 12. 3- According tothe lips position, they can be: • Round vowels: They are result of a position where the corners of the lips are brought towards each other and the lips are pushed forwards.
- 13. • Spread vowels:In this position the lips are moved away from each other (i.e. when we smile) • Neutral vowels: They are result of a position where the lips are not noticeably rounded or spread.
- 14. 3- According tothe duration of the sound, they can be: • Long vowels • Short vowels
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- 16. Assignment Do the exercisesA, B, C, D, E and K which are in the book “A course in phonetics” from pages 25 to 32.
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