Definition of cardinal vowel in English:

cardinal vowel

noun

Phonetics

单词	cardinal vowel
释义	Definition of cardinal vowel in English: cardinal vowel noun Phonetics Each of a series of vowel sounds used as a standard reference point to assist in the description and classification of vowel sounds in any language. 〔语音〕基本元音 Example sentencesExamples The links at the bottom of this section are to diagrams of acoustic data plotted onto cardinal vowel charts. Leave it to the IPA to reserve the usual print glyph for ‘a’ for a cardinal vowel sound that is hardly ever used in any language. An analysis is presented of the recording of the cardinal vowels made by Daniel Jones. The primary and secondary cardinal vowels are often referred to by a number as well as by their symbols. By ` map ’, we mean take each vowel sound and discover which of the cardinal vowels it most closely resembles.
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