English Phonetics. Week 3. Vowels

(a)   are sonorant sounds.

Vowels are produced with (a)   obstruction.

Vowels represent the core of a (a)  

Single vowels are also named (a)  

Concerning the position, i.e. openness of the the (a)   , vowels could be described as either rounded or unrounded.

We define triphthongs as a combination of a diphtong and a ... sound.

(a)  

All vowels are voiced.

• True

• False

Every short vowel has its long counterpart.

• True

• False

Diphthongs can be both short and long.

• True

• False

There are 10 diphthongs in the English language.

• True

• False