noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
open vowel
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
close
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In some accents - particularly London ones - we often find a close back rounded vowel instead.
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There is uncertainty, too, about the corresponding close back rounded vowels .
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Weak syllables with close back rounded vowels are not so commonly found.
long
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For speechreaders, the most important are the five long vowels .
low
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Figure 3.5 Percentage low vowel in variable monosyllables and prefixed and inflected disyllables.
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Figure 3.6 Percentage low vowel in all other disyllables.
rounded
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In some accents - particularly London ones - we often find a close back rounded vowel instead.
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There is uncertainty, too, about the corresponding close back rounded vowels .
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Weak syllables with close back rounded vowels are not so commonly found.
short
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If the language has long and short vowels and consonants, this will affect the rhythm of the language.
■ NOUN
phoneme
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Diphthongs are made from a simple vowel phoneme followed by one of,,.
sound
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These often involve vowel sounds having their Creole rather than their expected London pronunciations.
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His diction, even if some of the vowel sounds are a shade tight, is also exemplary.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
close vowel
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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And all his fans can rest assured that even a vowel change won't fool us.
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Diphthongs are made from a simple vowel phoneme followed by one of,,.
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In some accents - particularly London ones - we often find a close back rounded vowel instead.
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Much of the easy flow of speech depends on the neutral vowel .
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Some phonologists maintain that a syllabic consonant is really a case of a vowel and a consonant that have become combined.
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These often involve vowel sounds having their Creole rather than their expected London pronunciations.
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Weak syllables with close back rounded vowels are not so commonly found.