Phonology : vowels

Définition

SIT STILL rule

Simple vowels letter followed by a symbol consonant or a double consonant arte pronounced with the laxe vowel Ex : hill

CAKE rule

Simple vowels letters followed by a single consonant letter + vowel letter (mute and final) is pronounced with a tense value EXEPT IF IT IS A < r > Ex : face, price, goose

The OLD transformation rule

< O > finished by LD, LK, LL is pronounced with a tense value (exept for doll) -> its an exeption of the SIT STILL rule

ASK words

A group of words in which the a is pronounced with the START and not the STRAP sound : /a/ followed by voiceless fricatives : -> in 180 words -> in some accents, not the others Ex : path, basket...

The ALL BALD transformation rule

In some words the normal label values transforms before , , , , and are prononced with the NORTH sound EXEPT for shall

Shéma Jone's diagram

VOWEL =

A sound of language made with free passage of the air coming from the lungs/ vibration of vocal chords

-> all voiced

Described with articulatory features :

1 . POSITION OF THE TONGUE : front/back/central

2. OPENING OF THE MOUTH : open/close

3. TENSION OF THE MUSCLES : tense/laxe

4. POSITION OF THE LIPS rounded/spread/neutral

Monophtongue : simple vowel (a point on the diagram)
Diphtongue : changing state vowel (an arrow on the diagram)

-> 1 sound heard at 75 %, the second one at 25 %

Closing vowel : from the schwa (central) to the outside
Centring vowel : from the outside to the schwa

Laxe : /symbole/
Tense : /symbole:/

Minimal pair/set : When 2 or more words are made with the same sounds, exept for one

Ex : boat/coat