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clinical phonetics

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what is a vowel   a speech sound thatis formed without a significant constriction of the oral and pharyngeal cavities and serves as a syllable nucleus  
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What is a monophthongs   A pure vowel having a single unchanging sound quality.  
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What is a diphthong   a vowel like sound that serves as a syllable nucleus and involves a gradual transition from one vowel articulation (on glide) to another (off glide)  
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front vowel   a vowel produced with the positioned tongue near the front of the mouth. high front are /i/ as in he low front are /ae/ hat  
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high vowel   a vowel produced with the tongue in a high (superior) position. /i/ (he) /u/ who  
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lax vowel   a vowel that is relative short in duration is assumed to have reduced muscular tension.  
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low vowel   a vowel produced with the tongue in a low (inferior) position. /a/ hot /ae/ hat  
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back vowel   a vowel produced with the tongue positioned toward the back of the month. /u/ (who) /a/ ha  
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central vowel (point)   a vowel produced with the tongue positioned in the center of the mouth exp first vowel in upon  
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derhotacization   partial loss or coloring from a normally rhotacized vowel (er sound)  
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monophtongization   alteration of a diphthong to a pure vowel , loss of the dynamic phonetic quality of a diphthong  
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nasalized vowel   a vowel produced with a nasal resonances usually because of a n open velopharynx  
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onglide   the initial vowel or vocal tract shape of a diphthong  
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offglide   the terminal vowel or vocal tract shape of a diphthong  
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r colored   a sound that carries the phonetic quality of /r/, the rotic consonant  
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reduction of a vowel   generally, a shorting or unstressed of a vowel, which may be accompanied a change in vowel quality ,usually in the direction of centralization  
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retroflex   literally a turned back: this term is used to denote sounds that carry r coloring or comes to have it because of contextual influences, such as the words bird and futher.  
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rhotacization   a property or process related to r coloring. In phonetics, vocalic r refers to the phenomenon of a rhotic segment such as [r] or [ɹ] occurring as the syllable nucleus.  
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tense vowel   a vowel that is relatively long in duration and is assumed to be produced relative tense or active musculature the vocal tract  
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tongue advancement   the vowel feature or dimension per taining to the position of the tongue body along the anterior-posterior aspect. advancement implies anterior or frontal positioning.  
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tongue placement   the vowel feature or dimension pertaining to the position of the tongue body along the superior-inferior aspect  
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vowel quadrilateral   a four-sided figure have the corner vowels and its vertices. A diagram show in the position of the tongue for the vowel articulation  
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