The phoneme /i:/ ishigh (close) |
The phoneme /i:/ isfront |
The phoneme /i:/ isunrounded |
The phoneme /i:/ isHint: Eng I students: Yule does not mention the checked-free distinction, which roughly corresponds to short-long in many languages. free Info: Checked vowels cannot occur at the end of a stressed syllable, but free vowels can. Compare <see> /si:/ and <*seh> */se/ (which is not possible). |
The phoneme /u:/ isHint: Eng I students: Yule does not mention the checked-free distinction, which roughly corresponds to short-long in many languages. free Info: Checked vowels cannot occur at the end of a stressed syllable, but free vowels can. Compare <see> /si:/ and <*seh> */se/ (which is not possible). |
The phoneme /u:/ isrounded |
The phoneme /u:/ isback |
The phoneme /u:/ ishigh |
The phoneme /ɪ/ ishigh |
The phoneme /ɪ/ isunrounded |
The phoneme /ɪ/ isfront |
The phoneme /ɪ/ isHint: Eng I students: Yule does not mention the checked-free distinction, which roughly corresponds to short-long in many languages. checked Info: Checked vowels cannot occur at the end of a stressed syllable, but free vowels can. Compare <see> /si:/ and <*seh> */se/ (which is not possible). |
The phoneme /ʊ/ ishigh |
The phoneme /ʊ/ isrounded |
The phoneme /ʊ/ isback |
The phoneme /ʊ/ isHint: Eng I students: Yule does not mention the checked-free distinction, which roughly corresponds to short-long in many languages. checked Info: Checked vowels cannot occur at the end of a stressed syllable, but free vowels can. Compare <see> /si:/ and <*seh> */se/ (which is not possible). |
The phoneme /e/ isHint: It is also written as /ɛ/. Eng I students: Yule does not mention the checked-free distinction, which roughly corresponds to short-long in many languages. checked Info: Checked vowels cannot occur at the end of a stressed syllable, but free vowels can. Compare <see> /si:/ and <*seh> */se/ (which is not possible). |
The phoneme /e/ isHint: It is also written as /ɛ/. mid Info: Sometimes called half-high, as opposed to half-low. |
The phoneme /ə/ isHint: Eng I students: Yule does not mention the checked-free distinction, which roughly corresponds to short-long in many languages. checked Info: Schwa (/ə/) is never stressed. Checked vowels cannot occur at the end of a stressed syllable, but free vowels can. Compare <see> /si:/ and <*seh> */se/ (which is not possible). |
The phoneme /ə/ isunrounded |
The phoneme /ə/ iscentral |