Vowels 2

Vowels 2

1. Phonologcial Duration

   • Each vowel has an inherent length associated with it

2. Post-vocalic consonant effect

   • Vowels are longer when followed by a voiced consonant than a voiceless consonant

3. Phrasal Position

4. Stress or Emphasis

5. All of these cues are useful for people with a hearing loss

6. Diphthongs

   • Have a well defined formant structure similar to monophthongs
     • They do not have a single vocal tract shape
       • On-glide: starting formant value Off-glide: final formant value

7. Big takeaway: Vowels are high amplitude low frequency phonemes