Mon 13 Dec, 2021 10:09 pm
The tense vowels in beet, boat, & burt are what I call tones. These change into the tense vowels bait, butt, & bot respectively when something in the vocal appatatus changes. (Each of these 6 vowels has a lax equivalent).
Can anyone tell me what that change is? What is the tongue doing differently in bait than it is in beet?
@Granpa,
Brilliant - I'm sat here trying to identify my tongues' micro-transitions. My lips pucker moreso on 'boot' - But my tongue doesn't seem to care.
I tried pinning my tongue to the lower pallet - again, just 'boot' lip-puckerment.
I pinned it to roof - Got 'bake', 'booke', 'bok'.
Great Fun, btw
Have a grake day
@Granpa,
In General American English the vowel in "beet" is /i/ in International Phonetic Alphabet it's described as a
close front unrounded vowel.
The vowel in "bait" is /eɪ/, a dipthong, a combination of two proximate vowels,
Starting with /e/, a
close-mid front unrounded vowel, and ends in /i/, with the mouth drawn a bit more closed.
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