Initiation (vowels)
Pulmonic aggressive ASM
Articulation (vowels)
Maintained open approximation
labels for lip shape
Rounded or unrounded
Spread or neutral
Pioneer of cardinal vowels
Daniel Jones
Diphthongs
Momentary open approximation with multiple target configuration
Sonority
Vowels are the centre of the syllable because they’re the most sonorous (most intense acoustic energy)
Sonority hierarchy
Low vowels Mid vowels High vowels Glides Rhotics Laterals Nasals Fricatives Plosives
F1
Inverse relationship to vowel height
Hugh vowel = low frequency F1
F2
Backness
Fronted vowel = high frequency F2