vowel articulation

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• vowel — vowelless, adj. vowellike, adj. vowely, vowelly, adv. /vow euhl/, n. 1. Phonet. a. (in English articulation) a speech sound produced without occluding, diverting, or obstructing the flow of air from the lungs (opposed to consonant). b. (in a… …   Universalium

• Vowel reduction — is the term in phonetics that refers to various changes in the acoustic quality of vowels, which are related to changes in stress, sonority, duration, loudness, articulation, or position in the word (e.g. for Creek language [… …   Wikipedia

• Vowel — In phonetics, a vowel is a sound in spoken language, such as English ah! IPA| [ɑː] or oh! IPA| [oʊ] , pronounced with an open vocal tract so that there is no build up of air pressure at any point above the glottis. This contrasts with consonants …   Wikipedia

• articulation — articulatory /ahr tik yeuh leuh tawr ee, tohr ee/, adj. articulatorily, adv. /ahr tik yeuh lay sheuhn/, n. 1. an act or the process of articulating: the articulation of a form; the articulation of a new thought. 2. Phonet. a. the act or process… …   Universalium

• Vowel diagram — A vowel diagram or vowel chart is a schematic arrangement of the vowels. Depending from 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,… …   Wikipedia

• articulation — Synonyms and related words: Indian file, agglomeration, agglutination, aggregation, allophone, alveolar, ankle, antonym, apico alveolar, apico dental, array, aspiration, assimilation, attack, bank, bilabial, bond, boundary, bracketing, butt, buzz …   Moby Thesaurus

• vowel — Synonyms and related words: accented, allophone, alveolar, apical, apico alveolar, apico dental, articulated, articulation, aspiration, assimilated, assimilation, back, barytone, bilabial, broad, cacuminal, central, cerebral, check, checked,… …   Moby Thesaurus

• vowel — /ˈvaʊəl / (say vowuhl) noun 1. Phonetics a voiced speech sound during the articulation of which air from the lungs is free to pass out through the middle of the mouth without causing undue friction. 2. a letter which usually represents a vowel,… …  

• vowel — noun Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo French vowele, from Latin vocalis more at vocalic Date: 14th century 1. one of a class of speech sounds in the articulation of which the oral part of the breath channel is not blocked and is not… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• vowel quantity — noun a) A vowel’s duration of articulation; its length. b) A quantity of vowels …   Wiktionary

• vowel harmony — Ling. a phonological rule in some languages, as Hungarian and Turkish, requiring that the vowels of a word all share a specified feature, such as front or back articulation, thereby conditioning the form that affixes may take, as in forming the… …   Universalium