Try saying....“eat”....then...“ott”Try saying....“eat”....then...“ott”as in:or:“eat”“ott”Vowel space idealizes the mouthi“at” “awe”low front versus mid backheight of front vowelsæiseatsetsathighmidlowheight of back vowelsuhighmidlowLukecaughtlockbackness of mid vowelsfront central backcut, dull, sunthe schwaunstressed: above, anotherroundingʊɔuEnglish: just [u], [ʊ] and [ɔ]vs. FrenchdipthongsSmall diphtho ngal movements:hakecobraLarge diphthongal movements:say [ej]ploycow [aw]comparing dipthongsF1 x F2 spaceChain Shiftword unshifted Northern Cities processstackdipthongiza tio nstalkloweringstockfronting towards æstuckpushed backPossible vowelsActual vowelsBasque, Hawaiian, Japanese, Spanish, Swahili...Length ːJapanese vowels“and” [to]“eastern” [toː]“seat” [séki]“century” [séːki]“side” [joko]“rehearsal” [jokoː]“books” [tóʃo]“the beginning [tóːʃo]SwedishLength x
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