VOWEL SOUNDS

Date: 2015-10-07; view: 477.

Vowel № 4 [æ]In pronouncing the English [æ] the front of the tongue is slightly raised to the hard palate. The air passage is wide. The jaw is lowered. The lips are spread. The English [æ] is rather lengthened under certain conditions: before sonants and voiced consonants. Thus, the English [æ] may be defined as tense, front, open vowel phoneme.

Proverbs:

· Habit cures habit.

· One man is no man.

· A cat in gloves catches no mice.

· A hungry man is an angry man.

· Every family has a black sheep.

Vowel № 5 [٨] In pronouncing the English [٨] the tongue is retracted from the lower teeth. The back of the tongue is slightly raised to the soft palate. The lips are neutral. Thus, the English [٨] may be defined as short, lax, half- open, back advanced vowel phoneme.

Proverbs:

· Every country has its customs.

· As snug as a bug in a rug.

· Well begun is half done.

· What's done cannot be undone.

· Lush is nothing but a money-grubber.

· Don't trouble trouble until trouble troubles you.

Vowel № 6 [a:] In pronouncing the English [a:] the tongue is retracted from the lower teeth. It is very low down in the mouth; the back of the tongue is slightly raised to the soft palate. The lips are slightly spread or neutral. Thus, the English [a:] may be defined as a long, tense, back, open vowel phoneme.

Proverbs:

· He laughs best who laughs last.

· After a storm comes a calm.

· Hard bargain.

· It's enough to make a cat laugh.

Vowel № 7 [o] In pronouncing the English [o] the tongue is retracted and lowered. The back of the tongue is raised to the soft palate. The jaw is lowered. The lips form an oval-shaped opening. Thus, the English [o] may be defined as a short, lax, slightly labialized, back, open vowel phoneme.

Proverbs:

· Dot your “I's”and cross your “t's”.

· Honesty is the best policy.

· A little pot is soon hot.