Collocations withvowel
These are words often used in combination withvowel.
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front vowel
Many readers will no doubt wonder if */x/ can also precede a front vowel.
From theCambridge English Corpus
lax vowel
In particular, the analysis cannot in itself explain why there is vowel insertion after stops following a lax vowel.
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long vowel
As a result, the reduplicant contains a long vowel on the surface.
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open vowel
For the letter name of i, the starting point is an open vowel pronunciation.
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rounded vowel
Significantly lower scores were found for initial cluster position in all conditions and for rounded vowel contexts when audio was present.
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short vowel
However, whether it occurred with a short vowel is uncertain, and is a matter of dispute.
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tense vowel
Since head is both more raised and longer than hid, this suggests that it would be perceived as a tense vowel.
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vowel duration
Furthermore, the vowel duration patterns found in the languages with mora sharing are strikingly similar to those reported for other cases of mora sharing.
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vowel sound
There are no words; the voice sings throughout to the vowel sound 'ah'.
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vowel space
All vowels have to be formed in the posterior portion of the vocal tract, the ' vowel space ', in order to have an appropriate formant structure.
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