Vowels for the test

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Vowels for the test
high






low


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Cardinal vowels
Daniel Jones (1881-1967)
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Cardinal vowels

• Not necessarily real vowels in any language

(Ladefoged Maddieson 1996)
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Cardinal vowels

• Most extreme tongue positions that still result
  in vowels

too high
There is a kind of boundary in the mouth and
pharynx beyond whichvowel sounds become
fricatives
too front
too high
too back
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Cardinal vowels
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True position of the tongue
(Ladefoged Maddieson 1996)
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Acoustic measures
(Ladefoged Maddieson 1996)
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Cardinal vowel tongue position
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Cardinal vowels
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Listen to cardinal vowels