Lecture 3a: Vocalics Phonemes PDF
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Zdena Kráľová
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This lecture covers vocalic phonemes, including vowel classification, characteristics, and IPA. The document discusses different aspects of vowels, such as monophthongs, diphthongs, and triphthongs.
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PHONETICS AND PHONOLOGY 3a Vocalic phonemes prof. PaedDr. Zdena Kráľová, PhD. VOWELS - acoustic characteristics – tones (voiced) - articulatory characteristics – no contact of articulators - phonological characteristics – centre of a syllable E...
PHONETICS AND PHONOLOGY 3a Vocalic phonemes prof. PaedDr. Zdena Kráľová, PhD. VOWELS - acoustic characteristics – tones (voiced) - articulatory characteristics – no contact of articulators - phonological characteristics – centre of a syllable English vowels: 12 monophthongs (pure vowels) 8 diphthongs 5 triphthongs VOWELS classification - vertically: distance btw. the tongue and the palate close, mid, open - horizontally: which part of the tongue is raised highest front, central, back - lip position: rounded, spread, neutral cardinal vowels - standard reference system - extremes of vowel quality - International Phonetic Association (IPA) - primary and secondary cardinal vowels MONOPHTHONGS schwa (central, mixed vowel)
