Linguistics Basics

1 words in this vocabulary list

noun a speech sound that is produced by comparatively open configuration of the vocal tract

adjective relating to or being a vowel

  • In English, there are five vowels: a, e, i, o, and u.
  • I always struggle with remembering which letters are vowels.
  • Bro, do you even know your vowels?
  • She sang with such a pure vowel sound that it brought tears to my eyes.