Criteria for describing vowels

describing vowels

(criterion & posibilities chart)

The vowel quadrangle

Height of the tongue

Tongue frontness

the vowel quadrangle
physical properties

Differences in vowel quadrangle between RP and GA

Received Pronunciation

General American

Lip rounding

• Language where lip rounding is an essential criterion:

Vowel Length

Monophthongs

definition

Diphthongs

definition

Two types of diphthongs

Remember!
Dipththongs

Difference between American and British
(on a linguistic level)

Vowel Length

long vowels?

Differences between British and American English