Week 4 – English Vowels Monophthongs Diphthongs Triphthongs One sound Two sounds Triphthongs Three sounds
Week 4 – English Vowels Monophthongs One sound (short & long vowels) Short vowels /ɪ/ /ʌ/ /ɒ/ /ʊ/ /e/ /æ/ /ǝ/ Long vowels /iː/ /ɑː/ /ɔː/ /uː/ /ɜː/
Week 4 – English Vowels Vowels’ characteristics Voiced or voiceless? Tongue height (close, close-mid, open-mid, open) Tongue advancement (front, central, back) Lip rounding (rounded, unrounded) …
Week 4 – English Vowels Vowel quadrilateral FRONT CENTRAL BACK CLOSE CLOSE-MID OPEN-MID OPEN www.phon.ucl.ac.uk
Week 4 – English Vowels Diphthongs Two sounds Centring diphthongs Closing diphthongs /eɪ/ /aɪ/ /ɔɪ/ /ǝʊ/ /aʊ/
Week 4 – English Vowels Triphthongs Three sounds /eɪ/ + /ǝ/ /aɪ/ + /ǝ/ /ɔɪ/ + /ǝ/ /ǝʊ/ + /ǝ/ /aʊ/ + / ǝ/