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   The final piece of information that we use to classify vowels is a little trickier to explain. English makes a distinction between tense and lax vowels, which is a distinction that a lot of other languages don’t have. Tense vowels are made with greater tension in the muscles of the vocal tract than lax vowels.

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2. www.ling.upenn.edu › ~rnoyer › coursesLing 230/503: Articulatory Phonetics and Transcription

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   Round(ed) vowels: u ʊ o ɔ In English the round vowels are all back and non-low. Tense vs. lax Conventionally a distinction is made between ‘tense’ and ‘lax’ vowels in English, at least for high and mid vowels. The tense vowels, when not part of a diphthong, are phonetically long.

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4. www.cambridge.org › gb › filesPhonetics Overview 1 Vowels: their symbols and properties

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   Values of phonetic symbols are defined in terms of a variety of primarily articulatorily defined phonetic dimensions as in (2). A diphthong is a sequence of vowel-like elements – vowels and glides – in one syllable. The three most important properties for defining vowels are height, backness, and roundness.

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5. ecampusontario.pressbooks.pub › essentialsof4.4 Natural Classes – Essentials of Linguistics

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   Natural classes of sounds tend to behave similarly because they have features in common. We can distinguish obstruents, sonorants, glides, and vowels using the major class features, and distinguish in more detail within these major classes using features for place and manner of articulation. 4.4 Natural Classes.

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   Mar 17, 2024 · The final piece of information that we use to classify vowels is a little trickier to explain. English makes a distinction between tense and lax vowels, which is a distinction that a lot of other languages don’t have. Tense vowels are made with greater tension in the muscles of the vocal tract than lax vowels.

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   Mar 18, 2024 · T he tense vowels of English also tend to inherently be a bit longer than their lax counterparts. For example, the tense vowel in the English word beat is longer than the lax vowel in bit. Consonants may also differ from each other in length. Long consonants are often called geminates, while short consonants are called singletons.

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   Is u o a tense or a lax vowel?

   • Round(ed) vowels: u ʊ o ɔ In English the round vowels are all back and non-low. Conventionally a distinction is made between ‘tense’ and ‘lax’ vowels in English, at least for high and mid vowels. The tense vowels, when not part of a diphthong, are phonetically long. Tense vs. lax distinctions are sometimes held to be inoperative for low vowels.

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   What is the difference between a tense and a lax vowel?

   • For example, the tense vowel in the English word beatis longer than the lax vowel in bit. Consonants may also differ from each other in length. Long consonants are often called geminates, while short consonants are called singletons.

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   Are round vowels tense or lax?

   • ɑ(ː) Round(ed) vowels: u ʊ o ɔ In English the round vowels are all back and non-low. Conventionally a distinction is made between ‘tense’ and ‘lax’ vowels in English, at least for high and mid vowels. The tense vowels, when not part of a diphthong, are phonetically long.

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   What is the difference between tense vs lax?

   • Tense vs. lax distinctions are sometimes held to be inoperative for low vowels. On the other hand, some authors use this property to distinguish a tense form of [æ], often written [ǣ], which appears in Philadelphia English in words such as mad, bad, glad. Central vs. back. The term ‘central’ vowel is normally used only in phonetic descriptions.

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   Are reduced vowels tense or lax?

   • Reduced vowels do not have any contrast for tense vs. lax. If necessary they can be considered lax, since they certainly do not behave as tense vowels in any event. Wedge /ʌ/ and schwa /ə/ both denote mid central/back vowels, and for many speakers of American English they are often the same in quality.

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   Is a lax vowel?

   • The normal convention is to use /ə/ for unstressed neutral ‘uh’-like sounds, and to use /ʌ/ for stressed vowels. In most dialects of American English the only lax vowels which are permitted at the ends of words are neither high nor front, i.e. /ɔ ɑ ə/. Some British English speakers have lax /ɪ/ in this environment, however.

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9. www.sfu.ca › ~mcrobbie › Ling220LING 220 LECTURE #5 PHONETICS: THE SOUNDS OF LANGUAGE ...

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   The terms TENSE/LAX do not capture significant phonetic differences. TENSENESS/LAXNESS have to be interpreted as a complex of articulatory characteristics. 1. TONGUE ROOT POSITION: In the articulation of tense vowels the root moves more forward -- advanced tongue root (ATR). 2. LIP POSITION: Tense vowels are more rounded, or the lips are more ...