English Front
Vowels & Central
Vowels
English vowels & vowel classification
The English pure vowels can be classified according to
the height of the raised part of the tongue
the part of the tongue raised
the position of the lips
? 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
Tongue positions for English front
and central vowels (unrounded):
/?/ hit bit pit
/?/ bet set head
/?/ bat pat fat
/?:/ bird her fur
/?/ about aware flower
Ex,Say the tongue twister and pay attention to the vowels.
? Betty Botter's Better Batter
? Betty Botter had some butter,
"But," she said,"this butter's bitter.
If I bake this bitter butter,
It would make my batter bitter.
But a bit of better butter,
That would make my batter better."
So she bought a bit of butter –
Better than her bitter butter –
And she baked it in her batter;
And the batter was not bitter.
So 'twas better Betty Botter
Bought a bit of better butter.