A clear example of this could be the difference between two words that a simple point of view has the same pronunciation
- flu => /fluː/ long vowel sound
- duck => /dʌk/ short vowel sound
-we can notice through transcription the difference.
Friday, June 1, 2012
CHAPTER 3: Long vowels
One of the most important characteristics of long vowels is that these are more longer than the short vowels are, but it is important to know that every sound in context could variate. The symbols also are different from the short vowels, and there are five english long vowels. In the following figure we can see the 5 long vowels and their possition when these are pronounced.
A clear example of this could be the difference between two words that a simple point of view has the same pronunciation
A clear example of this could be the difference between two words that a simple point of view has the same pronunciation
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Yes marcela do you remember the example of long vowel sounds as in the sentence "How now brown cow" they tehd to be long. They can be identify by the two dots thay they have as /u:/, also when we pronounced them our tongue shape and lips position is different from short vowel sounds as in /u;/ lips are only moderately rounded.
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