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Introduction to articulatory phonetics - Coggle Diagram
Introduction to articulatory phonetics
Criteria for describing vowels
BACKNESS
Refers to how far front or back the tongue is when producing the vowel.
TYPES
CENTRAL
BACK
umbrella
FRONT
see
ROUNDEDNESS
Means whether or not the lips are rounded when producing the vowel.
TYPES
UNROUNDED
[i]
ROUNDED
[u]
HEIGHTS
Refers to how high or low the tongue is in the mouth when producing the vovwel.
TYPES
HIGH
see [i]
MID
bed
LOW
hot
DEFINITION
It is the study of the production of speech sounds in the vocal tract.
How linguists describe vowels sounds?
Monophthongs
involve one vowel quality
Example: cat
Diphthongs
involve two vowels qualities
Example: face, boy
