It can be helpful to see all of the Vowel sounds of American English in a row. How does the mouth move, what has to change to make the different sounds?
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Video Transcript:
[α] (‘ah’ as in ‘father’) … [ɔ] (‘aw’ as in ‘law’) … [æ] (‘aa’ as in ‘bat’) … [ε] (‘eh’ as in ‘bed’) [ɪ] (‘ih’ as in ‘sit’) … [i] (‘ee’ as in ‘she’) … [u] (‘oo’ as in ‘boo’) … [ʊ] (‘uh’ as in ‘pull’) [ʌ] (‘uh’ as in ‘butter’) … [ə] (‘uh’ as in ‘supply’) … [ɜ] (‘er’ as in ‘her’) [x3] [α] (‘ah’ as in ‘father’) [ɔ] (‘aw’ as in ‘law’) … [æ] (‘aa’ as in ‘bat’) … [ε] (‘eh’ as in ‘bed’) … [ɪ] (‘ih’ as in ‘sit’) … [i] (‘ee’ as in ‘she’) … [u] (‘oo’ as in ‘boo’) … [ʊ] (‘uh’ as in ‘pull’) … [ʌ] (‘uh’ as in ‘butter’) … [ə] (‘uh’ as in ‘supply’) … [ɜ] (‘er’ as in ‘her’) [x3] [α] (‘ah’ as in ‘father’) … [ɔ] (‘aw’ as in ‘law’) … [æ] (‘aa’ as in ‘bat’) … [ε] (‘eh’ as in ‘bed’) … [ɪ] (‘ih’ as in ‘sit’) … [i] (‘ee’ as in ‘she’) … [u] (‘oo’ as in ‘boo’) … [ʊ] (‘uh’ as in ‘pull’) … [ʌ] (‘uh’ as in ‘butter’) … [ə] (‘uh’ as in ‘supply’) … [ɜ] (‘er’ as in ‘her’) [x3]
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