Encyclopedia results for Vowel length

1. Vowel length
   
   Suprasegmentals In linguistics , vowel length is the perceived length phonetics duration of a vowel sound ... date April 2008 do not distinguish vowel length, and for those that do, usually the only distinction ..
   
   
   
   
2. Scottish Vowel Length Rule
   
   IPA notice The Scottish Vowel Length Rule , also known as Aitken s Law after Professor A.J. Aitken who formulated it, describes how vowel length in Scots language Scots and Scottish English is conditioned ..
   
   
   
   
3. Vowel
   
   five contrasting vowel heights independently of length or other parameters. The Austro Bavarian ... languages do not contrast vowel length separately from syllable length. Intonation linguistics Intonation ..
   
   
   
   
4. Length
   
   Unreferenced date August 2007 otheruses word Wiktionarypar4 length width breadth thickness Image Height demonstration diagram.png thumb right 200px A cuboid demonstrating the dimensions length, width , and height ..
   
   
   
   
5. Vowel reduction
   
   kjohnson vow reduct.pdf Acoustic vowel reduction in Creek Effects of distinctive length ...Suprasegmentals Vowel reduction is the term in phonetics that refers to various changes in the acoustic ..
   
   
   
   
6. Vowel coalescence
   
   Vowel coalescence is a phonology phonological process in which two consecutive vowels fuse into one often long vowel. In typical cases, the resulting vowel does not coincide with any of the original vowels ..
   
   
   
   
7. Vowel harmony
   
   Sound change Vowel harmony is a type of long distance Vowel harmony Explanation see below Assimilation ... with vowel harmony, there are constraints on what vowels may be found near each other. Explanation ..
   
   
   
   
8. Vowel cluster
   
   A vowel cluster is two or more vowel s occurring next to each other in a single syllable with no intervening consonant . Vowel clusters are distinct from diphthong s in that diphthongs are vowel combinations ..
   
   
   
   
9. Close vowel
   
   Unreferenced date February 2008 Vowels A close vowel is a type of vowel sound used in many spoken language s. The defining characteristic of a close vowel is that the tongue is positioned as close as possible ..
   
   
   
   
10. Central vowel
    
    Vowels A central vowel is a type of vowel sound used in some spoken language s. The defining characteristic of a central vowel is that the tongue is positioned halfway between a front vowel and a back ..
    
    
    
    
11. Open vowel
    
    unreferenced date April 2008 Vowels An open vowel is a vowel sound of a type used in most spoken language s. The defining characteristic of an open vowel is that the tongue is positioned as far as possible ..
    
    
    
    
12. Back vowel
    
    Vowels A back vowel is a type of vowel sound used in some spoken language s. The defining characteristic of a back vowel is that the tongue is positioned as far back as possible in the mouth without creating ..
    
    
    
    
13. Inherent vowel
    
    An inherent vowel is part of an abugida script. It is the vowel sound which is used with each unmarked ... with an inherent vowel can be usually changed to other graphemes by joining a tone mark or dependent ..
    
    
    
    
14. Vowel shift
    
    A vowel shift is a systematic sound change in the pronunciation of the vowel sounds of a language . The best known example in the English language is the Great Vowel Shift , which began in the 15th century ..
    
    
    
    
15. Vowel diagram
    
    A vowel diagram or vowel chart is a schematic arrangement of the vowel s. Depending from the particular ... on the diagram denotes the vowel height vowel closeness , with close vowels at the top of the diagram ..
    
    
    
    
16. Vowel dimension
    
    A vowel dimension is an aspect of a vowel s pronunciation, involving a phonological or phonetic feature which is utilised in a language. The basic vowel dimensions are generally viewed as being vowel backness ..
    
    
    
    
17. Cardinal vowel
    
    Cardinal vowel tongue position front.png thumb Highest tongue positions of cardinal front vowels Image Cardinal vowel chart accurate png .svg 200px thumb left Diagram of relative highest points of tongue ..
    
    
    
    
18. Mid vowel
    
    unreferenced date April 2008 Vowels A mid vowel is a vowel sound used in some spoken language s. The defining characteristic of a mid vowel is that the tongue is positioned mid way between an open vowel ..
    
    
    
    
19. Front vowel
    
    unreferenced date April 2008 Vowels A front vowel is a type of vowel sound used in some spoken language s. The defining characteristic of a front vowel is that the tongue is positioned as far forward as possible ..
    
    
    
    
20. Vowel stems
    
    Unreferenced date January 2008 In Indo European linguistics , a vowel stem is a noun or verb stem that ends in a vowel that appears in or otherwise influences the noun or verb s inflectional paradigm . The vowel ..
    
    
    
    
21. Nasal vowel
    
    unreferenced date April 2008 A nasal vowel is a vowel that is produced with a lowering of the Soft palate ... to the term oral vowel refers to an ordinary vowel without this nasalisation. Note that these terms ..
    
    
    
    
22. Strident vowel
    
    on the letter a center Image Strident vowel a.png 25px center This is found in the Charis SIL Charis ..
    
    
    
    
23. Vowel breaking
    
    Sound change In historical linguistics , vowel breaking is the change of a monophthong into a diphthong ... of Southern American English , where the short front vowel s have developed a glide up to j , and then in some ..
    
    
    
    
24. Length (disambiguation)
    
    wiktionarypar Length Length in its basic meaning is the long dimension of an object. Length may also refer to Length phonetics , in phonetics Vowel length Geminate consonant Arc length Length of a module ..
    
    
    
    
25. Length (phonetics)
    
    longer than other sounds. There are vowel length long vowels as well as Consonant length ... vowel length and distinctive consonant length. It is more common that there is only one or that they depend ..
    
    
    
    

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