Vowels phonology

A comprehensive presentation of vowels - speech sounds

1. Speech Sounds VOWELS REPORTERS: Roxan G. Laodenio & Suzine M. Edera

2. PRETEST Identify the vowel sounds that is used in each of the following words below: Man Mango Heir Tomb Read (past tense)

3. International Phonetic Alphabet ( IpA )

4. The   International Phonetic Alphabet  was created soon after the  International Phonetic Association  was established in the late 19th century. It was intended as an international system of phonetic transcription for  oral languages , originally for pedagogical purposes.

5. Vietor triangle

6. A Vietor Triangle is a schematic representation of vowel sounds, created by Wilhelm Vietor (1850-1918, German philologist and phonetician).It shows the position of the tongue and jaw according the vowel sound(s) required when speaking. A vowel diagram or vowel chart is a schematic arrangement of the vowels. Depending on the particular language being discussed, it can take the form of a triangle or a quadrilateral. Vertical position on the diagram denotes the vowel closeness, with close vowels at the top of the diagram, and horizontal position denotes the vowel backness , with front vowels at the left of the diagram. Vowels are unique in that their main features do not contain differences in voicing, manner, or place (articulation). Vowels differ only in the position of the tongue when voiced. The tongue moves either vertically and horizontally within the oral cavity. Vowels are produced with at least a part of their vocal tract obstructed .

7. front center back close half close open half open /ɛ/ /o/

8. A vowel is a speech sound that is produced without any obstruction air in the speech tract.

9. Vowels are described based on the following criteria: (i) The height of the tongue (ii) The part of the tongue that is raised or lowered (iii) The position of the lips

10. A vowel may be short or long. Long vowels take two dots in front of them, e.g /i:/, /a:/ while short vowels e.g /i/, /e/ do not.

11. PURE VOWELS OF ENGLISH

12. 2 3 4 5 6 8 9 10 11 12 7 1 / o /

13. /i:/ it is a long vowel common spellings. ee , as in tree e, as in complete as in cheese as in jesus as in canteen as in be as in seen as in these as in been i, as in machine cene , as in scene as in prestige as in suite ea , as in leaf ey , as in key as in reason as in storey as in sea as in money as in beat

14. ie , as in piece as in field ei , as in seige as in receipt as in deceive

15. 2. /I/ it is a short vowel common spellings i, as in bit o, as in women as in sit a, as in village as in rich as in private y, as in lorry as in manage as in bury ay, as in monday as in any as in sunday e, as in pretty rhy , as in rhythm as in naked as in careless

16. minimal pairs /i:/ /i/ beat bit deed did bead bid neat hit seat sit

17. 3. /ɛ/ It is a short vowel. common spellings e, as in set ea , as in heaven as in get as in feather as in beg as in thread as in let as in threat as in peck as in dread as in peg a, as in many as in any as in thames as in ate as in says

18. ea , as in dead u, as in bury as in head eo as in leopard as in Geoffrey

19. 4. It is a short vowel. common spellings a, as in sat a, as in badge as in bat as in marry as in pack ai , as in plait as in back as in plaid as in hat as in bag as in batch

20. [a] – normal a. – Just drop your jaw and you’re all set. ^^

21. 5. /a/ It is long Vowel. common spellings: /a:/ It is long in the following words ar , as in march as in large as in chart as in hard ear, as in heart

22. er , as in clerk as in Derby al , as in calf as in palm as in alms au , as in laugh as in aunt

23. [Ɔ] – Italian a or Short o – Open your mouth wide as in a, but gently round your lips like o.

24. 6. [ ͻ ] It is a shot Vowel common spellings. o, as in dog as in pot as in hot a, as in was as in swan as in want ou , ow , as in cough as in trough au, as in because as in Australia as in laurel as in qualify

25. or, as in cord as in sword as in born aw, as in saw as in lawn as in dawn as in yawn

26. ore, oor , as in before as in more as in floor as in door oar, our, as in oar as in board as in court as in four

27. [O] – Long o. – Gently round your lips and go from big to small, until your lips are puckered like you’re kissing someone. Sustain for two beats.

28. Examples: go flow mow

29. 8. It is a short Vowel common spellings: u, as in put oo , as in good as in full as in book as in cushion as in cool o, as in wolf ou , as in could as in woman as in would as in bosom as in should

30. 9. It is a long Vowel common spellings: oo , as in food ou , as in group as in moon as in through(N) as in spoon as in wound o, as in do u, as in rude as in move as in june as in lose as in Susan ew , as in chew ui , as in juice ue , as in blue oe , as in shoe

31. 10. It is a short Vowel common spellings: u , as in hut ou , as in rough as in cut as in trouble as in Sunday as in country as in sun as in young o , as in won as in cousin as in one as in courage as in love as in among

32. 12. (schwa) It is a short Vowel common spellings: i, as in poss i ble e, as in gentl e man a, as in wom a n o, as in o blige u, as in s u ppose ar , as in p ar ticular er , as in moth er or, as in doct or ou , as in fam ou s our, as in col our ure , as in fig ure

33. Post TEST Identify the vowel sounds that is used in each of the following words below: B o som P o t W ou ld S u nday C ou gh Y ou ng M a rch Pl ai d S a te H ea rt Priv a te B u ry Cl ea nse Tr ee Cl e rk B i t A ny M a rry Fl o w Mach i ne