The phoneme /æ/ isfront |
The phoneme /æ/ 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:/ (which is OK) and <*seh> */se/ (which is not possible). |
The phoneme /æ/ isunrounded |
The phoneme /ʌ/ isunrounded Info: This vowel can vary quite a bit, but is considered always unrounded. |
The phoneme /ʌ/ iscentral |
The phoneme /ʌ/ 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 /ɔ:/ isrounded |
The phoneme /ɔ:/ 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 /ɔ:/ isback |
The BrE phoneme /ɒ/ isrounded |
The AmE phoneme /ɒ/ isunrounded |
The BrE phoneme /ɒ/ 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 AmE phoneme /ɒ/ 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 /ɑ:/ isunrounded |
The phoneme /ɑ:/ isback |
The phoneme /ɑ:/ 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 /ɜ:/ isHint: Eng I students: Yule does not mention the checked-free distinction, which roughly corresponds to short-long in many languages. free Info: This is AmE /ɜ:r/. 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). |