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Vowel Length

Vowel Length. Vowel Quality and Quantity. Quality goose, geese Quantity (length) kusi kuusi. Phonemic (significant) length. kusi kuusi (Finnish). Allophonic length. wade, weight (RP English). mun, munn (Icelandic).

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Vowel Length

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  1. Vowel Length

  2. Vowel Quality and Quantity • Quality goose, geese • Quantity (length) kusi kuusi

  3. Phonemic (significant) length kusi kuusi (Finnish) • Allophonic length wade, weight (RP English)

  4. mun, munn (Icelandic) Long vowels are followed by single consonants or no consonants wade, weight (RP English) Long vowels and diphthongs are shorted (clipped) by following fortis consonants

  5. mun, munn síð sídd hús húss mala, malla söl, sölt

  6. wade, weight prize, price save, safe siege, speech house, house use, use lose, loose

  7. Unvoiced • Longer • Stronger ..... • Variably voiced • Shorter • Weaker ......

  8. Long? Short?

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