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Definition and Longvowelsand Short Vowels

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GROUP 1

Definition and short vowels and


long vowels
Team members Content included

Truong Quynh Anh ( Powerpoint) 1.Definition


Nguyen Thi Duyen ( Presenter)
Nguyen Thi Ngoc Cham (Presenter) 2. Short vowels
Pham Phuong Ly (Contents)
Ngoc Linh (Presenter) 3. Long vowels
Thuy Dung ( Contents)
1.Definition
The most common view is that vowels are sounds in which there is
no obstruction to the flow of air as it travels from the larynx to the
lips

This is the study of the distribution of sounds

The study of the The difference between


sounds vowels and consonants

Notes
The shape and position of the tongue.
1. The vertical distance between 2. The portion of the tongue,
the upper surface of the tongue between anterior and posterior,
and the roof of the mouth which is raised to the highest

Lip position
Locate major vowels on a tetrahedron
The vowels in Figure are a square called the
major vowels; These are the vowels most
familiar to speakers of most European
languages, and there are other major
vowels (minor major vowels) that sound
less familiar.

The design used here is that of the National Phonetic Association.


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2. Short vowels
What are Short Vowels?

For example:
The vowels that make a short or ‘A’ in Bat
quick sound while pronouncing are
‘E’ in Beg
called short vowels. The
pronunciation of short vowels isn’t ‘I’ in Sit
similar to their name and sounds ‘O’ in Fog
identical to the consonant used
before the vowel.
‘U’ in Cup
the symbols for these short vowels are:
/ɪ/ – fit /fiːt/, pick /piːk/
/e/ – pet /pet/, sent /sent/
/æ/ – pat /pæt/, flat /flæt/
/ʌ/ – cut /kʌt/, sun /sʌn/
/ʊ/ – put /pʊt/, book /bʊk/
/ɒ/ – pot /pɒt/, dog /dɒg//
3. long vowels
What are Long Vowels?

For example:
'i:’ - 'beat'
Long vowels are the vowels
which tend to be longer than the
‘ɜː’ - 'bird'
short vowels ''in similar ‘ɑː’ - 'card'
context'' ‘ɔː’ - board
‘uː’ - food

Any questions?
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