Meaning of "low vowel" in the English dictionary

PRONUNCIATION OF LOW VOWEL

low vowel  [ləʊ ˈvaʊəl]

GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF LOW VOWEL

Low vowel is a noun.

A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES LOW VOWEL MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Open vowel

An open vowel is a vowel sound in which the tongue is positioned as far as possible from the roof of the mouth. Open vowels are sometimes also called low vowels in reference to the low position of the tongue. The open vowels with dedicated symbols in the International Phonetic Alphabet are: ▪ open front unrounded vowel ▪ open front rounded vowel ▪ open back unrounded vowel ▪ open back rounded vowel There also are mid vowels which don't have dedicated symbols in the IPA: ▪ open near-front unrounded vowel ▪ open near-front rounded vowel or ▪ open central unrounded vowel ▪ open near-back unrounded vowel or ▪ open near-back rounded vowel or There isn't an unambiguous way of transcribing an open central rounded vowel, but one could use one of the following symbols:, , or. The first two can denote either a near-front or central vowel, while the last two either a near-back or central vowel. In the context of the phonology of any particular language, a low vowel can be any vowel that is more open than a mid vowel. That is, open-mid vowels, near-open vowels, and open vowels can all be considered low vowels.

Definition of low vowel in the English dictionary

The definition of low vowel in the dictionary is a vowel uttered with the mouth open and the tongue lowered.

TRANSLATION OF LOW VOWEL

Find out the translation of low vowel to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of low vowel from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «low vowel» in English.

• Translator English - Chinese: 低元音
• Translator English - Spanish: vocal baja
• English: low vowel
• Translator English - Hindi: कम स्वर
• Translator English - Arabic: انخفاض حرف علة
• Translator English - Russian: низкий гласный
• Translator English - Portuguese: vogal baixa
• Translator English - Bengali: কম স্বরবর্ণ
• Translator English - French: voyelle basse
• Translator English - Malay: Vokal rendah
• Translator English - German: niedrigen Vokal
• Translator English - Japanese: 低母音
• Translator English - Korean: 저 모음
• Translator English - Javanese: Vokal kurang
• Translator English - Vietnamese: nguyên âm thấp
• Translator English - Tamil: குறைந்த உயிர்
• Translator English - Marathi: कमी स्वर
• Translator English - Turkish: Düşük sesli harf
• Translator English - Italian: basso vocale
• Translator English - Polish: niski samogłoska
• Translator English - Ukrainian: низький гласний
• Translator English - Romanian: vocală scăzut
• Translator English - Greek: χαμηλό φωνήεν
• Translator English - Afrikaans: lae vokaal
• Translator English - Swedish: låg vokal
• Translator English - Norwegian: lav vokal

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «LOW VOWEL»

Discover the use of low vowel in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to low vowel and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.

Grounded Phonology

kwajo [proper name] a-ko 'parrot' a-go 'velvet' pirako 'pig' One might interpret the cases in (71) as evidence for the application of canonical harmony to low vowel targets. As demonstrated by Clements (1981), however, such cannot be the ...

Diana B. Archangeli, Douglas George Pulleyblank, 1994

Vowel Harmony and Correspondence Theory

As an example I will take the low vowel D in Tangale, a language with ATR harmony (van der Hulst and van de Weijer 1995: 496f.). (23) Tangale harmony (a ) and the Tangale opaque vowel (b,c,d) a. 18ld(d( 'dog' b. n kas-ko 'I have cut' seb -u ...

Martin Krämer, 2003

A Grammar of Basque

Low vowel assimilation Almost all varieties spoken in Bizkaia as well as many Gipuzkoan and High Navarrese varieties have a rule raising /a/ to /e/ after a high vowel, with or without intervening consonants. This rule of low vowel assimilation  ...

José Ignacio Hualde, Jon Ortiz de Urbina, 2003

Phonetic Grounding and Phonology: Vowel Backness Harmony and ...

Gary Dean Linebaugh. There are also long versions of each of the above vowels. The short vowels / a/ and hi do not occur other than word-initially. The suffix alternations seen in (6.65) show that the low vowel alternates with the front mid ...

Gary Dean Linebaugh, 2007

Vowel/Glide Alternation in a Theory of Constraint Interaction

At this point, it is possible to combine the constraint rankings for the low vowel and the high vowels. The difference between a sequence with an initial high vowel versus a sequence with an initial low vowel is that the high vowel can satisfy ...

Samuel Rosenthall, Laurence Horn, 2013

Formal and Cognitive Restrictions on Vowel Harmony

If learners are biased against allowing low vowels to trigger round harmony, then it should be more difficult to generalize to low vowel harmony triggers, for New Stems (in the Mid Hold-Out condition) or New Vowels (in the Low Hold-Out ...

Sara Finley, 2009

Vowel Patterns in Language

The licensing constraint that I propose is active in Vinalopó Mitjà is License([V- Feature]/[−ATR, −low], ∀V), which enforces maximal licensing for vowel features in a [−ATR] non-low vowel. This constraint will dominate *[−ATR, −low] and Ident  ...

Rachel Walker, 2011

The Influence of Consonants on Native and Non-native Vowel ...

hVt bVt bVp dVt gVk high vowels mid-high vowels mid-low vowels low vowel 131.9 142.8 152.6 182.7 137.1 152.3 158.9 195.2 136.8 150.7 158.0 186.2 139.1 155.2 160.4 197.6 135.7 154.4 160.8 196.9 Context Length Height Length i Height ...

Anja K. Steinlen, 2005

Locality in Vowel Harmony

In (42a-d) and (42i-l), no [+low] vowel precedes the suffix, and as a result, the initial consonant of the suffix is supplied with default [—low] [k]. In (42e-f ) and ( 42m), where the stem vowel that is closest to the suffix is [+low], the suffix surfaces ...

Andrew Nevins, 2010

Basque Phonology

As in Baztan, on the other hand, words of this type containing stemfinal /iCoa/, / uCoa/ sequences provide evidence for the ordering of the rules of Low Vowel Assimilation and StemFinal Low Vowel Deletion. This cannot be seen in absolutive ...

José Ignacio Hualde, 2004

5 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «LOW VOWEL»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term low vowel is used in the context of the following news items.

Alumna, four others dub Star Wars film into Navajo language

The language has high and low vowel tones, nasalized vowels and glottal stops. Its vocabulary is also complex. “A brother or sister is not ... «The State Press, Oct 13»

Lost in Translation: What the First Line of “The Stranger” Should Be

In many languages, bilabials such as “m,” “p,” and “b,” as well as the low vowel “a,” are among the easiest to produce. As a result, in English, ... «New Yorker, May 12»

When your tongue tricks your brain

Correction that [u] is a high back vowel, not a low vowel, appended, with thanks to the commenters.) Previous. German: Germany's Joe Sixpack ... «The Economist, Oct 10»

Studying language in South Park

“So 'i' is considered a high front vowel, 'ahhh' is considered a low vowel and 'o' as in boat is considered a back vowel,” said Kohn. “We change ... «Raleigh Public Record, Feb 10»

Celebrity accents: It's all very tongue-in-chic

"So Madonna, living in England, alters her low vowel in rather so that it comes out as rahther. Most of her accent is middle-class Michigander ... «USA Today, Jan 08»