Exam 1

1. Question

   Describe the following Cardinal vowels according to the three parameters vowel height, frontness-backness, and lip rounding:

   1. [e] is the close / near-close / close-mid / mid / open-mid / near-open / open front / front centralized / central / back centralized / back unrounded / rounded vowel.
   2. [ɶ] is the close / near-close / close-mid / mid / open-mid / near-open / open front / front centralized / central / back centralized / back unrounded / rounded vowel.
   
   
   
   

   Solution

   For an overview of the 18 Cardinal vowels see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cardinal_vowels.

   1. [e] is the close-mid front unrounded vowel.
   2. [ɶ] is the open front rounded vowel.