صوت الفصل الخامس
صوت الفصل الخامس
صوت الفصل الخامس
First year
Department of English
College of Education
University of Thi-Qar
Lecturer
Hayder Kubash
Vowels
Tongue position: how high in the mouth is the tongue, and which part of
the tongue is the highest?
1) Closeness
2) Frontness
3) Rounding
Closeness
Open vowels use a low position of the mandible with a low position of
the tongue.
Open-mid vowels use a partially low position of the mandible with the
tongue position being located half way between the palatal area and the
floor of the mouth.
Mid vowel is use a middle position of the mandible with the tongue being
located in central position of the palatal area and the floor of the mouth.
Close vowels use a closed mandible position and a high tongue position.
The tongue actually resting on the alveolar ridge.
Front vowels are produced by the placement of the tongue tip in various
positions from the upper incisors (the front cutting teeth) to the lower
ones
Back vowels are produced when the back part of the tongue is moved
up or down in the velar area.
Rounding refers to the position of the lips during the production of the
vowel.
Rounded vowels are produced in the rounded position require the lips to
be open and protruded to some degree..
Try to pronounce: [i:], [i], [ɪ], [æ], [e], [ɑ:], [ʌ], [ɜ:],
[ə]
The mandible
Vowel Quadrilateral
The vowel diagram
The vowel system of Br English
Short Long
/ɪ/ Fish /i:/ Week
/e/ Bed /ɔ:/ Door
/æ/ Cat /ɑ:/ Car
/ʌ/ Cut /u:/ Food
/ə/ Mother /ɜ:/ Nurse
/ʊ/ Good
/ɒ/ Dog
Examples:
‘short vowels
Long vowels
DIPHTHONG
CENTRING CLOSING
Іə eə ʊə eІ aІ ɔІ əʊ aʊ
Ending in ə
/Іə/ - beard
/ eə/ -aire
/ ʊə/ - tour
Ending in І
/eІ/ - paid
/ aІ/ - tide
/ ɔІ/ - toy
Ending with ʊ
/ əʊ/ - home
/ aʊ/ - loud
Examples:
diphthongs
/ɪə/ beer /bɪə/, ear /ɪə/, pier /pɪə/
eІ + ə = eІə Player
aІ + ə = aІə Liar
ɔІ + ə =ɔІə Loyal
əʊ + ə = əʊə Lower
aʊ + ə = aʊə power
THE END
THANKS