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Vowels Articulation
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EIONAN
Pure vowels z
n Vowels. Articulation Some regional variants
fi! —Frontof tongue raised Often diphthongized in gs] W Part of tONLE NEIEr Conai
to slightly below and RP. with a slight glide centre than front OO fe
behind close front from a more central I raised IO just above Nortemigg et | |
position; lips spread; position; noticeable half-close position; lips. repla; db re
tongue tense; side ——glide [air] in several UK Vu loosely spread; tongue UNTER, i
rims make firm contact. accents (e.g. Liverpool, ax; rirms make light -
Birmingham, London), contact with upper
molars.
and in broad Australian;
shorter in Scots. |
with upper molars.
lel Front of tongue raised Various diphthongized Iel Front of tongue MoFE open ang |
to between half- forms, such as [e"] raised to just below | centralzed aj,
open and half-close in Australian and half-open position; in NEngand ite
positions; lips loosely _—Cockney, [e®] in refined lips neutrally open; —diphthongzedizi, |
spread; tongue tenser RP. rims make very slight refined RP. troia.
than for A; rims make contact with upper gizedinsomenzi
light contact with ‘back molars. American (man Î
upper molars. ‘meron) |
In Centre of tongue la Tongue between Fronted to [a:]inmay |
raised to just above Further back in many centre and backin —vareteseguenm |
fully open position; older RP speakers; fully open position; |’. broad Australan
lips neutrally open; more open and front lips neutrally open; no. further back nre
no contact between in Cockney, half-close contact between rims RP (far back) forse
tongue and upper ——back in N England, often and upper molars. American [terna
molars. rounded [u]. accents (p 9) |
of Back of tongue in fully ll Back of tongue raised Oftenatrphitou: | |
open position; slight, No lip rounding in ‘between half-open Cockney (fourifosa | |
open lip rounding; no American; lengthened and half-close posi- closerfiproundra | |
contact between rims and closer variant in tions; medium lip in refined RP ess
and upper molars. conservative RP (off as rounding: no contact reducedin parso
/a:f/ ‘orff*) and Cockney. between rims and USA (especaly Ne
upper molars England
3 Front rounded a
Tongue nearer centre
tal 3 Iu:/ Back of tongue raised
than back, raised to Little variation, apart to just below close markedn SCOS N
just above half-close from some reduced lip position; lips closely — centralzed ad
position; lips closely —rounding; longer and rounded; tongue diphthongsed e o,
but loosely rounded; closer in Scots and some tense; no firm contact Cockney Po" f
tongue lax; no fim —N England accents between fims and —unroundedino? | [i
upper molars. present)?
contact between rims
and upper molars. È
