Review of vowels three factors for the description of English vowels
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3. Word Stress - Sentence Stress
XTA-23-CU group student Sirojiddinova Zebo REVIEW OF VOWELS Three factors for the description of English vowels I. The height of the body of the tongue – highest point of tongue (vertical axis); II. The front-back position of the tongue – highest point of tongue (horizontal axis); III. The degree of lip rounding - lip posture The height of the body of the tongue THE FRONT-BACK POSITION OF THE TONGUE Front & Central Vowels /:/ high, front, un rounded vowel // lower high , front, unrounded vowel /e/ mid, front, unrounded vowel /æ/ low, front, unrounded vowel /:/ mid, central, unrounded vowel /ə/ mid, central, unrounded vowel Back Vowels Back Vowels /:/ low, back, unrounded vowel // low, back, rounded vowel /:/ mid-low, back, rounded vowel /u/ lower high, back, rounded vowel /u:/ high, back, rounded vowel // lower mid , back, unrounded vowel UNIT 8: WORD STRESS English is a stress timed language The English language is often referred to as stress-timed. Stress in a spoken sentence occurs at regular intervals and the time to say something depends on the number of stressed syllables rather than the number of syllables itself. 1 2 3 4 1 and 2 and 3 and 4 1 and a 2 and a 3 and a 4 1 and then a 2 and then a 3 and then a 4 WORD STRESS A word stress means a prominent syllable Dostları ilə paylaş:
