Describe the general placement of the tongue for the production of the following vowels
/e/ as in the word bait
/i/ as in the word beet
/u/ as in the word boot
/o/ as in the word boat
From pronouncing beet to bait our mouth is opened wider and wider, and our tongue got lower and lower. It begins to almost touch the top of our mouth but ended nowhere near it........
In boot and boat The part of our tongue that we use changes: the i, e, and a words use the front part of our tongue, and the o words use the back part..... ..
So on this basis of vowels pronunciation- it has three features...
1. The
front-to-back portion of the tongue that is used to
shape the sound: front, central,
back.eg boot - beet and bait - boat when
pronounced together...
2. The
height that the tongue is raised or lowered
to: high, mid, low. Eg bait And beet
3. The shape of the
lips: round or
unround.
Boot and boat is the example....
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