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Topic-072: Auditory Vowel Space

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Topic-072: Auditory Vowel Space
Vowel sounds are tricky to be described phonetically accurately because they are points, or rather areas, within a continuous space. A language has a certain finite number of contrasting vowels, each of which maybe represented with a discrete alphabetic symbol but phonetically each will correspond to a range of typical values, and between any two actual vowel sounds there is a gradient continuum which determines the dimensions of auditory vowel space. Phonetically, the four vowels i, æ,
ɑ, u (as given in the cardinal vowel system) give us something like the four corners of a space showing the auditory Copyright Virtual University of Pakistan

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qualities (or possibilities) of auditory vowel space. Phoneticians often use terms like high, low, back, and front when they simply label the auditory qualities of vowels and do not describe tongue positions.

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