- A
vowel is a
syllabic speech sound pronounced without any
stricture in the
vocal tract.
Vowels are one of the two prin****l
classes of
speech sounds, the...
- A back
vowel is any in a
class of
vowel sound used in
spoken languages. The
defining characteristic of a back
vowel is that the
highest point of the tongue...
- A
central vowel,
formerly also
known as a
mixed vowel, is any in a
class of
vowel sound used in some
spoken languages. The
defining characteristic of...
- linguistics,
vowel length is the
perceived length of a
vowel sound: the
corresponding physical measurement is duration. In some
languages vowel length is...
- the mid
central vowel sound (rounded or unrounded) in the
middle of the
vowel chart,
denoted by the IPA
symbol ⟨ə⟩, or
another vowel sound close to that...
- The
Great Vowel Shift was a
series of
changes in the
pronunciation of the
English language that took
place primarily between 1400 and 1700, beginning...
- The close-mid back
rounded vowel, or high-mid back
rounded vowel, is a type of
vowel sound used in some
spoken languages. The
symbol in the International...
-
known as a
gliding vowel, is a
combination of two
adjacent vowel sounds within the same syllable. Technically, a
diphthong is a
vowel with two different...
- A
front vowel is a
class of
vowel sounds used in some
spoken languages, its
defining characteristic being that the
highest point of the
tongue is positioned...
-
Other examples are the
acute and
grave accents,
which can
indicate that a
vowel is to be
pronounced differently than
normal in that position, for example...
