Entertainment / Literature / Tense Vowel: Any vowel made with the tongue muscles relatively more tense than in a lax vowel. These tense vowels tend to be less central and pronounced higher in the oral cavity than lax vowels. Examples include the vowels [i], [e], [u], and [o].
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Tense Noun Synonyms: taut, strained, stiff, under tension, rigid
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Entertainment / Literature / Lax Vowel: In linguistics, a vowel made with mostly relaxed tongue muscles [i], [e], [u], and [o], in contrast to the tense vowels like [I], [U], etc. MORE
Entertainment / Literature / Short Vowel: As Algeo defines it, 'A vowel of lesser duration than a corresponding long vowel' (329). MORE
Entertainment / Literature / Semivowel: A sound articulated in the same way as a vowel sound, but which functions like a consonant typically. Examples include [w] and [y]. In some languages such as Welsh, these can function as graphemes for MORE
Entertainment / Literature / Spread Vowel: Also called an unrounded vowel, in linguistics, a vowel made with the corners of the lips retracted so the lips are against the teeth. See unrounding. MORE
Entertainment / Literature / Thematic Vowel: In linguistics, a vowel attached to the end of an Indo-European root word to form a stem. MORE
Entertainment / Literature / Tense Vowel: Any vowel made with the tongue muscles relatively more tense than in a lax vowel. These tense vowels tend to be less central and pronounced higher in the oral cavity than lax vowels. Examples include MORE