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CLOSE (HIGH. FLEECE. GOOSE. KIT. FOOT. FRONT. BACK. NURSE. DRESS. THOUGHT. STRUT. TRAP. LOT. PALM. OPEN (LOW). CLOSE (HIGH. FRONT. BACK. OPEN (LOW). CLOSE (HIGH. FRONT. BACK. OPEN (LOW). Vowels - summary. Learn chart positions : front – central - back
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CLOSE (HIGH FLEECE GOOSE KIT FOOT FRONT BACK NURSE DRESS THOUGHT STRUT TRAP LOT PALM OPEN (LOW)
CLOSE (HIGH FRONT BACK OPEN (LOW)
CLOSE (HIGH FRONT BACK OPEN (LOW)
Vowels - summary • Learn chart positions: • front – central - back • close (high) – mid – open (low • Learn symbols and keywords for • 6 lax vowels + “schwa” • 5 tense vowels • 8 diphthongs (diphthongs are also tense vowels)
Difference between lax and tense vowels • lax vowels are short • tense vowels are long but are • subject to clipping
Clipping A tense vowels (or diphthong) is CLIPPED (shortened) when a fortis consonant immediately follows it.
FORTIS and LENIS consonants 16 consonants occur in PAIRS, fortis and lenis FORTIS consonants are unovoiced LENIS consonants are often (but not always) voiced (This is not the only distinction between fortis and lenis. We’ll discuss this later.)
fortis: lenis: church, judge pie, buy mission, vision tie, die ice, eyes key, gay think, this fine, vine