LINGUIS 101 1st Edition Lecture 3 Vowels Consonants constrict the air flow vowels have lack of constriction articulators are much further apart Parameters for describing vowels Tongue height how high the tongue is Tongue advancement where in the mouth front to back the highest point of the tongue is Tenseness whether or not the tongue gesture is peripheral extreme Rounding whether or not the lips are rounded Tongue height Vowels may be articulated with the tongue high mid or low in the mouth Tongue advancement The highest part of the tongue may be front central or back i is front u is back o Don t confuse central with mid of tongue height Tenseness Vowels may be tense or lax Tense vowels produced at the edges of the vowel space They involve a more extreme tongue gesture o Not all languages have a tense lax distinction however English does Rounding Vowels may be rounded or unrounded
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