Phonetics: Practicing the Description of Vowels of Standard English 1.2
This exercise provides more practice at describing the vowels of Standard English in terms of place and height of the tongue, tenseness and roundness.
The order used is the following: height*, back/front**, tense/lax, and rounding (if applicable). Low vowels will be described as lax since there is discrepancy on this issue.
For each symbol, write down your description and then check your answer.
*high, mid, low **central vowels will be described as back
The order used is the following: height*, back/front**, tense/lax, and rounding (if applicable). Low vowels will be described as lax since there is discrepancy on this issue.
For each symbol, write down your description and then check your answer.
*high, mid, low **central vowels will be described as back
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