short vowel

collocation in English

meaningsofshortandvowel

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short
adjective
uk
/ʃɔːt/us
/ʃɔːrt/
small in length, distance, ...
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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 ofshortandvowelfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofshort vowel

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However, whether it occurred with ashortvowelis uncertain, and is a matter of dispute.
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We consider first the input containing ashortvowel.
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The only difference is, of course, theshortvowel.
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Some disyllabic words, like barrel, nevertheless ended up with ashortvowel.
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It is also significantly longer than ashortvowelin a closed syllable.
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Everywhere else it must be prefixed and will have ashortvowel.
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Interestingly, most of these significant differences between the groups revolved aroundshortvowelclasses.
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This contrasts with the second example where theshortvowelleft requirement is satisfied and t-to-r is exhibited.
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Because speaking rate influences the absolute durations of vowels, long toshortvowelratios were calculated for each talker.
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As a result of this ranking, a hypothetical form with an underlying long vowel surfaces with ashortvowel.
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Syllables whose rhymes contain only ashortvowel, or ashortvowelfollowed by a non-sonorant coda, do not contrast for tone.
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For some speakers, the use of ashortvowelin this lexical set may be the only phonological mark of a northern identity.
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Figure 5c is representative of the kind of pronunciation in which the finalshortvowelof the passive is not salient.
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As concerns openness, the long andshortvoweldo not differ, the difference only affects the front0back dimension.
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Being a singleshortvowel, this syllable would be monomoraic and would not be expected to license tone.
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