consonant sounds

What Are The Three Criteria To Describe A Vowel?

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What Are The Three Criteria To Describe A Vowel? Daniel Jones developed the cardinal vowel system to describe vowels in terms of the features of tongue height (vertical dimension), tongue backness (horizontal dimension) and roundedness (lip articulation). These three parameters are indicated in the schematic quadrilateral IPA vowel diagram on the right. What are the

Are Sonorants Louder Than Obstruents?

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Are Sonorants Louder Than Obstruents? Are Sonorants louder than Obstruents? In the sonority hierarchy, all sounds higher than fricatives are sonorants. They can therefore form the nucleus of a syllable in languages that place that distinction at that level of sonority; see Syllable for details. Sonorants contrast with obstruents, which do stop or cause turbulence