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- ...ch vowel; for example, the lower the bottom formant ('F1'), the higher the vowel is articulated in the [[mouth]]. This image was created using the [http://w A '''vowel''' is a unit of [[language (general)|language]], defined in [[phonetics]] a9 KB (1,366 words) - 08:10, 4 September 2010
- 255 bytes (36 words) - 04:06, 24 February 2009
- ''Works cited in the [[vowel]] article''193 bytes (22 words) - 23:21, 25 July 2009
- 426 bytes (50 words) - 23:28, 25 July 2009
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- ...les and, in some systems of phonetic transcription, a stressed mid-central vowel.185 bytes (22 words) - 18:14, 12 September 2009
- A [[vowel]] whose quality remains more or less stable during its whole articulation.120 bytes (16 words) - 09:41, 23 August 2010
- A '''monophthong''' is a [[vowel]] whose quality remains more or less stable during its whole articulation, ...st two being in fact combinations of one or two vowels as well as a [[semi-vowel]].596 bytes (92 words) - 10:11, 23 August 2010
- ...which are close together starting either with the same consonant or with a vowel.185 bytes (27 words) - 12:36, 15 December 2013
- ...it is most of the time regarded as a single sound, i.e. as some kind of [[vowel]]. ...s in '' aua''. A triphthong may also consist of two semivowels with a real vowel in between, as in ''iei''.2 KB (244 words) - 17:20, 5 March 2012
- ''Works cited in the [[vowel]] article''193 bytes (22 words) - 23:21, 25 July 2009
- ...spellings]] *shwà</ref> is the name linguists use for the most neutral of vowel sounds, the usual, weak, pronunciation of the English indefinite article '' In [[English language|English]], it can be represented by a number of vowel-letters: it is the ''u'' in ''careful'', the ''e'' in ''worker'', the ''a''1 KB (206 words) - 12:23, 13 November 2015
- The original meaning was a similarity or identity of [[vowel]] sounds at the end of a line of verse. The similarity would be in the fin The term is now more usually used of any closely associated repetition of vowel sounds, more frequently in verse, but sometimes in prose. In verse it can722 bytes (122 words) - 11:22, 8 September 2020
- ...erson plural of some verbs: ''continuiamo, dissanguiamo''. And in the four-vowel sequence of ''aiuola'' ('flowerbed') the {{IPA|[j]}} is pushing out the "u"2 KB (255 words) - 13:18, 2 February 2023
- ...und, articulated through the tongue commencing in the position of a single vowel and moving continuously in the direction of another; e.g. [əʊ] in English218 bytes (32 words) - 10:41, 10 December 2011
- [[English phonemes#Vowels and diphthongs]], list of all the vowel sounds of standard English; scroll down for '''the schwa sound''' {{r|Vowel}}959 bytes (133 words) - 17:41, 31 January 2013
- ...vowel (or the letter -m) is normally elided before a word beginning with a vowel (or an h-). Dactylic hexameter is also known as "heroic hexameter" is a for1 KB (165 words) - 05:13, 31 March 2010
- ...consonant is changed under the influence of a preceding or following front vowel or a palatal or palatalized consonant.269 bytes (40 words) - 17:15, 5 June 2008
- ...e and is most of the time regarded as a single sound (i.e. as some kind of vowel), while it is actually a succession of three distinct successive sounds, ea279 bytes (47 words) - 07:24, 6 December 2011
- ...'u'' have [[phoneme|phonemic]] length. In older written and printed Māori, vowel length is not normally indicated. Nowadays, length is most commonly indicat ! Vowel5 KB (773 words) - 05:01, 11 March 2010
- ...estrict or disallow them (e.g. Hawaiian, in which all syllables end with a vowel).352 bytes (58 words) - 02:57, 7 February 2010
- ...ch vowel; for example, the lower the bottom formant ('F1'), the higher the vowel is articulated in the [[mouth]]. This image was created using the [http://w A '''vowel''' is a unit of [[language (general)|language]], defined in [[phonetics]] a9 KB (1,366 words) - 08:10, 4 September 2010
- {{r|Vowel}}380 bytes (48 words) - 16:09, 1 February 2014
- ...rticulated through the [[tongue]] commencing in the position of a single [[vowel]] and moving continuously in the direction of another. For example, [əʊ] ...ong]] gradually evolves into a diphthong is called [[diphthongization]] or vowel breaking.2 KB (230 words) - 15:13, 15 November 2013
- {{r|Vowel}}400 bytes (50 words) - 07:40, 10 November 2010
- {{r|Vowel}}355 bytes (41 words) - 07:01, 22 December 2008
- {{r|Vowel}}376 bytes (42 words) - 14:39, 20 June 2015
- ...ff, whíff, múff''', though not always: '''íf, óf''' (*ov), '''déaf''' (two vowel letters).2 KB (271 words) - 09:37, 12 October 2013
- {{r|Vowel}}423 bytes (50 words) - 23:30, 25 July 2009
- ...the mouth; for '''w''' the lips are further apart, making the sound more [[vowel]]-like. Examples: '''vúlgar, véry, vāst, háve, wâve''', and finally in ...l'''. But it doubles before final '''y''' to emphasise that the preceding vowel is short: '''chívvy, sávvy, návvy''' (compare '''chîves''' and '''nâvy3 KB (514 words) - 08:31, 10 August 2016
- ...e second-lowest 'F2' formant correlates with how far back in the mouth the vowel is produced. This image was created using the [http://www.praat.org Praat]3 KB (429 words) - 15:04, 9 March 2024
- ...sonants, and two letters (W and Y) that can act as either a consonant or a vowel, depending on context.431 bytes (72 words) - 10:03, 6 January 2024
- {{r|Vowel}}600 bytes (79 words) - 21:34, 11 January 2010
- {{r|Vowel||**}}606 bytes (69 words) - 04:07, 15 February 2012
- ...g). A final consonant may have to be doubled in order to keep the stressed vowel short: '''sít''' becomes '''sítting''' (not '''sîting''', which is from ...'''íng''' form, a final consonant may double in order to keep the stressed vowel short: '''overláp''' becomes '''overlápping2 KB (359 words) - 15:53, 16 May 2013
- although if followed by a back vowel ('''a, o, u''') the '''c''' is pronounced '''k''': '''éxcavate''', AmE ''' But this '''x''' sound can also be written, before a front vowel, '''cc''': '''áccident''', *áxident, '''áccent, áccess, accépt, Occid�3 KB (522 words) - 17:37, 28 March 2017
- Words beginning with '''gu'''- plus a front vowel, '''e, i''' or '''y''', have the hard sound; the '''u''' is written to show ...e, i''' and '''y''' medially often preceded by a '''d''' following a short vowel: '''George, gín, gŷroscope, géntleman, geriátric, giráffe, Gërmany, h5 KB (869 words) - 12:40, 16 January 2017
- ...ish [b d g], for example, are only fully voiced between segments such as [[vowel]]s that are themselves fully voiced, while in [[Spanish language|Spanish]], ...steners into the voicing more than actual vocal fold vibration itself; the vowel in 'cat', for instance, is rather shorter than the one in 'cad', and the fi2 KB (348 words) - 06:55, 22 December 2008
- {{r|Vowel}}836 bytes (109 words) - 14:41, 14 September 2011
- ...d, háppy, háppen, náppy, rípper, cúpped, stépping''', and after an initial vowel as in '''appŏrtion, appŏintment, apprôach, applŷ, opportûnity, úpper'2 KB (377 words) - 10:23, 16 May 2013
- {{r|Vowel||**}}782 bytes (94 words) - 03:52, 15 February 2012
- ...here it is really redundant, as the '''g''' is usually followed by a front vowel, '''e, i''' or '''y''': '''bádge, lédge, bádger, lédger, rídge, brídg '''d''' is often doubled, to emphasise the preceding short vowel: '''míddle, sádder, ádd, múddle, gíddy, ódd, pádding, wédded'''. T2 KB (405 words) - 19:39, 15 May 2013
- ...ry [[palatalization|palatal]] [[articulation]], caused by the high front [[vowel]] <nowiki>[</nowiki>i:<nowiki>]</nowiki> following it, something that is la1 KB (148 words) - 20:14, 5 January 2024
- {{r|Vowel}}1 KB (129 words) - 13:51, 18 February 2024
- ...låw''' is *lå and '''lôw''' = '''lô''', unless the next word begins with a vowel: compare '''flôw''', silent '''w''', with '''flôw ón''' where the '''w'' ...''twîce, twâin''') one can put an accent on it and treat it as part of the vowel.6 KB (969 words) - 15:22, 23 January 2015
- At the end of a word, '''k''' is usual after a double or long vowel, and after '''l''', '''n''' and '''r''': '''pêak, mâke, sínk, boòk, tá ..., '''k''' merely reinforces the hard '''c''' sound and the preceding short vowel: '''clóck''' (*clók, *clóc), '''lúck, súck, néck, báck, thíck, bló4 KB (622 words) - 11:34, 15 May 2013
- {{r|Vowel}}1 KB (168 words) - 11:31, 11 January 2010
- ...ayer can then choose to spin the wheel again and earn more money, reveal a vowel for $250, or guess the words and win the puzzle's prize. If the player gues ...vealed on the puzzle, and the player guesses three more consonants and one vowel to reveal more of the phrase to them. They have 10 seconds to guess the ent3 KB (482 words) - 10:22, 25 January 2024
- ...l motivation in phonetic change: Dialect levelling outcomes for an English vowel shift'. ''Journal of Sociolinguistics'' 8(1): 23-53.1 KB (155 words) - 17:30, 21 November 2007
- ...oubled in the middle of words to maintain the short sound of the preceding vowel: '''bétter, hítting''' (cf. '''hít'''), '''knítted''' (cf. '''knít''') ...thê''' ([[schwa]] before a following consonant, '''ê''' before a following vowel), '''thís, thát, thére, thén, òther, brêathe, lāther, hêathen''' (c5 KB (896 words) - 06:40, 18 December 2014
- But it is at its most frequent as a vowel at the end of words. Here it is often pronounced like the word '''Î''' at ...are very rare: '''sýllable, sýllabus, Lýttelton''', and, with a different vowel sound, '''mÿrrh'''.6 KB (1,096 words) - 10:09, 19 December 2016
- ...ginning of a word, starting either with the same [[consonant]] or with a [[vowel]]. In [[poetry]], the words would normally be in the same line (or, in som1 KB (193 words) - 16:42, 24 February 2015
- ...d ''beo'' 'alive'. Such consonants also affect which of Irish's 15 or so [[vowel]]s may acceptably co-occur with them. ...t̪ˠəx] 'spent bog', primary stress falls on the first member. When a short vowel is unstressed, it generally surfaces as the [[schwa]] [ə], similar to the3 KB (437 words) - 00:44, 26 February 2009
- *'''ɜ''' as the vowel sound in 'her', 'fir', 'fur' and 'work' *'''ː''' lengthens a preceding vowel4 KB (728 words) - 19:44, 25 November 2009
- ...has many words which completely change meaning with the change of a single vowel.)4 KB (554 words) - 21:47, 15 February 2010