vowel


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Synonyms for vowel

characterized by, containing, or functioning as a vowel or vowels

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Synonyms for vowel

a speech sound made with the vocal tract open

a letter of the alphabet standing for a spoken vowel

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A Syllable is a non-significant sound, composed of a mute and a vowel: for GR without A is a syllable, as also with A,--GRA.
Fundamental frequencies (F0), formant frequencies of F1, F2, F3, and F4, and vowel durations for Turkish vowels were measured before (T0) and after (T1) the RME.
For each subject, the F1, F2, F3, and F4 and mean vowel duration were collected before and after treatment, and paired sample t-test was conducted.
Revising his 2012 doctoral dissertation in linguistics at Cornell University, Ko investigates the vowel harmony systems of Northeast Asian languages--especially the Korean, Mongolic, and Tungusic languages--from both synchronic and diachronic points of view.
The historic point is that no poet who is considered a poet-proper would use a word destroying its standard vowels. If the reader omits a vowel when there is one, or adds a vowel when there is none, or does not double a sound when doubling is standard this reader will destroy the metre of the poem.
Keeping in mind the effect of VOT (a parameter in which the consonant and vowel parts of a syllable interact with each other) on syllable-evoked cortical potentials, one possible way to investigate how each of the consonant and vowel parts combine to form the syllable-evoked response is to record responses evoked by each constituent part in addition to the whole syllable response.
One of the most controversial among the many elements of the LFC is the irrelevance attributed to accurate vowel quality (except for vowel /3:/), while vowel length distinctions are given great importance for the maintenance of intelligibility.
The initial vowel tone was altered from high to low tone in order to create tone minimal pairs.
Petersburg), where vowel reduction is a pronounced widespread process represented at many stages.
Produced by Rye Sarmiento and composed by Darwin Hernandez, the vowels they orbit's maiden release was recorded at the Backdoor Studio.
Today as they successfully complete three years in the business, it is essential to note that Vowels Advertising agency has been able to build over 190 brands across the world through offices in India, Dubai and Australia.
Only words with three or more pairs of vowels are considered.