Stressed Syllable, While Free Vowels Are Those That May Stand in A Stressed Open Syllable With No Following Consonant

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1checked and free vowels.

In phonetics and phonology, checked


vowels are those that usually must be followed by a consonant in a
stressed syllable, while free vowels are those that may stand in a stressed
open syllable with no following consonant.

2. There are five English vowels,A, E, I, O, U.Sometimes, You can also


function as a vowel, but it is not considered a vowel in and of itself.

Examples in Words:
 cat
 “a” is a vowel in this word
 street
 “e” and “e” are vowels in this word
 late
 “a” and “e” are vowels in this word

 not a consonant
 A, E, I, O, U, (and sometimes Y)
 paired with a consonant to make a syllable
 used to create the literary device assonance

3.Worry words
to think about problems or unpleasantthings that might happen in a way
that makes you feel unhappy and frightened:
Try not to worry - there's nothing you can do to change the situation
Happy words
pleasure derived from attaining what you consider to be good," the term happiness is rooted
in the Old Norse root happ, which literally means “chance” or “good luck.”

 cheerful.
 contented.
 delighted.
 ecstatic.
 elated.
 glad.
 joyful.
 joyous.

Bath words
The BATH vowel refers to the pronunciation of the vowel in the
wordbath and other words that share that same vowel, such as laugh, ask
and dance.

4 Diphthong, in phonetics, a gliding vowel in the articulation of which there


is a continuous transition from one position to another. Diphthongs are to
be contrasted in this respect with so-called pure vowels—i.e., unchanging,
or steady state, vowels
aɪ/ This diphthong creates sounds similar to "eye" and most often occurs with
letter combinations that include /i/, /igh/, and /y. Examples: crime, like, lime
/eɪ/ This diphthong creates sounds similar to “great” and is most often used
with letter combinations that include /ey/, /ay/, /ai/ and /a/. Examples:
break, rain, weight
/əʊ/ This diphthong creates sounds similar to “boat” and most often occurs
with letter combinations that include /ow/, /oa/ and /o/. Examples: slow,
moan, though
Diphthongs in Dialects
One of the most interesting ways in which diphthongs relate to spoken
language is in how they’ve evolved into regional accents and dialects from
their languages of origin. In the borough Brooklyn, for example, when
someone says, “Let the dog out,” the word dog contains a distinctive “aw”
sound so that “the dog” becomes a “dawg.”

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