cardinal vowel

noun

Etymology

The term was coined by the British phoneticians Daniel Jones in the early 20th century.

Definitions

  1. a vowel sound produced when the tongue is in an extreme position, either front or back,…

    a vowel sound produced when the tongue is in an extreme position, either front or back, high or low.

The neighborhood

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