Vowel Height & Backness

Navigate the vowel quadrilateral and practice producing cardinal vowels.

Questions this Concept answers

Why is lip rounding treated as a parameter separate from vowel height and backness?

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The IPA Vowel Grid in Phonetics

The IPA vowel grid (vowel chart/quadrilateral) is a schematic representation in articulatory phonetics that maps vowel sounds along two axes corresponding to tongue position within the mouth: a horiz…