tense vowel
collocation in Englishmeaningsoftenseandvowel
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tense
adjective
uk/tens/us/tens/
nervous and worried and unable ...
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vowel
noun[C]
uk/vaʊəl/us/vaʊəl/
a speech sound produced by humans when the breath flows out through the mouth without being blocked by the teeth, tongue, ...
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(Definition oftenseandvowelfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
Examplesoftense vowel
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Since head is both more raised and longer than hid, this suggests that it would be perceived as atensevowel.
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Although they have the same pasttensevowel, they might just as well be listed as separate verbs.
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In the classification of rhyme structure, however, the latter forms were coded as identical because they both contained atensevowelplus coda.
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Second, each verb must also contain a stop, sonorant ortensevoweloffset, in order to be maximally distinct from the following strident proper name onset.
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A number of class 3b strong verbs have replaced their original pasttensevowelwith the "-ie-" of class 7, creating a hybrid class.
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Any final syllable (or ultima) that is closed and contains atensevowelautomatically receives the accent, e.g. "qmahrwti" q.mh.r.w.ti you are destroying it.
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The letter represents thetensevowelobtained from the combinations and.
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Importantly, this morphophonological process produces exceptions to an otherwise general constraint in the language that prohibits tense vowels in closed syllables.
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Additional principles are needed to overcome the markedness constraint against closed syllables with tense vowels.
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Corresponding tense vowels 0 i:, e:, a:, u:0 averaged 134, 147, 184, and 142 ms, respectively.
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Accordingly, the relative functional load of stop release is reduced, compared to stops after other tense vowels.
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The nuclei of the original tense vowels 0 i 0, 0 e 0, 0 o 0, and 0 u 0 become centralized.
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Speakers produce a slight distinction between the lax and tense vowels but do not always perceive one when presented with minimal pairs or commutation tests.
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First, phonologically long vowels comprise not only tense vowels but also diphthongs, and diphthongs in this study were rarely subject to substitution errors.
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Lax vowels are indicated by italic type, unless thetensevowelis a rotated letter (back, unrounded vowels), in which case it is turned right-side up.
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Furthermore, the later acquisition, in general, of lax over tense vowels is not necessarily an indication of the lack of an underlying vowel length distinction.
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