Classification of vowels Lecture 4 The plan

Classification of vowels Lecture 4

The plan of the lecture 1. The definition of vowels 2. Classification of vowels 2. 1. Stability of articulation 2. 2. the tongue position 2. 3. Lip position 2. 4. The character of the vowel end

The stability of articulation 1. Pure vowels or monophthongs 2. Diphthongs 3. Diphthongoids

1) Monophtongs (12) • [i: ], [i], [u: ], [e], [ə], [ɜ: ], [ɔ], [ɔ: ], [æ], [ʌ], [a: ]. 2) Diphthongs (8) • • /əʊ/ как в слове hope /aʊ/ как в слове house /aɪ/ как в слове kite /eɪ/ как в слове same /ɔɪ/ как в слове join /ɪə/ как в слове fear /ɛə/ как в слове hair (В современном произношении это обычно долгий гласный /ɛː/. ) /ʊə/ как в слове poor

Stability of articulation • • • Front vowels [i: ], [e] Front retracted [i] Central [ə], [ɜ: ], [ʌ]. Back [a: ] [ɔ], [ɔ: ] [u: ] Back-advanced [u]

Types of vowels • Close [i: ], [i], [u: ], • Open [æ] [a: ] [ɔ], [ɔ: ] • Mid [e], [ə], [ɜ: ] [ʌ] • Broad and narrow variants

Lip position • Unrounded • Rounded

Character of vowel end • Checked • Free