Rounded & unrounded vowels | Phonology

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In this video we are going to look at the topic ‘roundedness’, sometimes also called labialization of vowels or in short: rounded and unrounded vowels in English. You will learn how the lips are involved when forming rounded vowels (protruding or compressed) and how the lips are shaped when unrounded vowels are produced (spread or neutral). In general, we can say that front vowels are unrounded in English. Then we are going to look at the table containing all the vowel sounds of British English and the vowel chart so you can see which vowels go in which group. There is also a special symbol (= a dot) in the vowel chart which shows you if a sound is rounded or unrounded. Whilst it is important to know about roundedness to help you produce the sounds correctly, this feature does not lead to contrast in English (i.e. it does not lead to a change in meaning).
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  • @monaeliwa2940
    @monaeliwa2940Ай бұрын

    Thanks a lot I don't know why nobody else says that when distinguishing between the vowels

  • @dkkks871
    @dkkks871 Жыл бұрын

    That is very helpful. Thank you

  • @abdulkabia8307
    @abdulkabia83072 жыл бұрын

    This video is quite interesting and educational.Thank you for making it.Would make a separate video on adjective ,noun and adverb Phrases.Also on noun,adverb and adjective clauses their grammatical names and functions

  • @bouchraessabri8956
    @bouchraessabri8956 Жыл бұрын

    Thank you so much

  • @alitahir7048
    @alitahir70482 жыл бұрын

    Thank you so much ma'am

  • @alex-8426
    @alex-84262 жыл бұрын

    Perfect 💜

  • @dashrathbidave6974
    @dashrathbidave69742 жыл бұрын

    You are amazing mam 🙂🙂

  • @AdhamSaad-lb8vy
    @AdhamSaad-lb8vy6 ай бұрын

    You are perfect

  • @englishbyamritsir9420
    @englishbyamritsir94202 жыл бұрын

    ☺️☺️☺️

  • @jeffersonpaul785
    @jeffersonpaul785 Жыл бұрын

    👍

  • @alitahir7048
    @alitahir70482 жыл бұрын

    May Allah bless you

  • @user-ex4dw6nl3r
    @user-ex4dw6nl3r Жыл бұрын

    💜💙💜

  • @armanavagyan1876
    @armanavagyan18762 жыл бұрын

    A complicated topic princess

  • @cheval63sg
    @cheval63sg Жыл бұрын

    roundedness is wrong term picked up by Daniel Jones. He meant 'protrusion (protrudedness)". it is a very missleading word and it is a sad thing that phonetics sticks to the wrong thing continuously. DJ's [i,i:] was corrected by Gimson some 50+ years later. It's just crazy. Is phonetics really a science?

  • @cheval63sg

    @cheval63sg

    Жыл бұрын

    IPA itself is messy as well.