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==Definition==
 
In [[phonetics]] and [[phonology]], a '''vowel''' is a [[speech sound]] in whose articulation the oral part of the [[breath channel]] is not constricted enough to cause audible frication.
 
In [[phonetics]] and [[phonology]], a '''vowel''' is a [[speech sound]] in whose articulation the oral part of the [[breath channel]] is not constricted enough to cause audible frication.
  
===Term properties===
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==Term properties==
 
A relational adjective from ''vowel'' that is occasionally used is ''vocalic''.
 
A relational adjective from ''vowel'' that is occasionally used is ''vocalic''.
  
===Comments===
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==Comments==
 
Speech sounds with audible constriction are called [[consonant]]s; sounds intermediate between vowels and consonants are called [[semi-vowel]]s (not "semi-consonants").
 
Speech sounds with audible constriction are called [[consonant]]s; sounds intermediate between vowels and consonants are called [[semi-vowel]]s (not "semi-consonants").
  
===Origin===
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==Origin==
 
The word goes back to French ''voyelle'', from Latin ''(littera) vocalis'' 'voice letter' (from ''vox'' 'voice').
 
The word goes back to French ''voyelle'', from Latin ''(littera) vocalis'' 'voice letter' (from ''vox'' 'voice').
  
===See also===
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==See also==
 
*[[Articulators]]
 
*[[Articulators]]
 
*[[Consonant]]
 
*[[Consonant]]
  
===Other languages===
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==Other languages==
 
French [[voyelle]] <br>  
 
French [[voyelle]] <br>  
 
German [[Vokal]] <br>
 
German [[Vokal]] <br>
  
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== Links ==
 
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*[http://www2.let.uu.nl/UiL-OTS/Lexicon/zoek.pl?lemma=Vowel&lemmacode=122 Utrecht Lexicon of Linguistics]
[http://www2.let.uu.nl/UiL-OTS/Lexicon/zoek.pl?lemma=Vowel&lemmacode=122 Utrecht Lexicon of Linguistics]
 
  
  
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[[Category:Phonetics and phonology]]
 
[[Category:Phonetics and phonology]]
 
[[Category:Articulation]]
 
[[Category:Articulation]]
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Latest revision as of 09:55, 31 August 2014

Definition

In phonetics and phonology, a vowel is a speech sound in whose articulation the oral part of the breath channel is not constricted enough to cause audible frication.

Term properties

A relational adjective from vowel that is occasionally used is vocalic.

Comments

Speech sounds with audible constriction are called consonants; sounds intermediate between vowels and consonants are called semi-vowels (not "semi-consonants").

Origin

The word goes back to French voyelle, from Latin (littera) vocalis 'voice letter' (from vox 'voice').

See also

Other languages

French voyelle
German Vokal

Links

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