cardinal vowels

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cardinal vowels

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(Linguistics / Phonetics & Phonology) a set of theoretical vowel sounds, based on the shape of the mouth needed to articulate them, that can be used to classify the vowel sounds of any speaker in any language

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No references found			The cardinal vowels represent a set of evenly spaced reference points on a vowel chart, such as the one in Figure 1, in the usual quadrilateral shape. The acoustic properties of vowels: a tool for improving articulation ... by McCombs, Candalene J. / Forum on Public Policy: A Journal of the Oxford Round Table			Cardin cardinal cardinal beetle Cardinal Bellarmine Cardinal bird cardinal compass point Cardinal dean cardinal flower cardinal grosbeak Cardinal Newman cardinal number Cardinal numbers cardinal point cardinal point effect cardinal points Cardinal red Cardinal Richelieu Cardinal signs cardinal spider Cardinal teeth cardinal tetra cardinal vein Cardinal veins cardinal virtue cardinal virtues cardinal vowels Cardinal winds cardinalate cardinalfish Cardinalis cardinalis cardinality Cardinalize Cardinalship carding Carding engine cardio- cardio... cardioaccelerator cardioangiology cardiocentesis cardiodynamics cardiodynia cardiogenesis cardiogenic cardiogenic shock cardiogram cardiograph Cardiographic cardiography cardioid cardioid microphone			Cardinal Spellman High School cardinal spider Cardinal State Bank cardinal symptom cardinal symptom cardinal symptom cardinal symptom cardinal system Cardinal teeth Cardinal teeth cardinal tetra Cardinal Tourism Management Consultants Cardinal Tracking, Inc. cardinal v cardinal v cardinal v cardinal v's cardinal v's cardinal v's Cardinal Vaughan Memorial School cardinal vein cardinal vein cardinal veins cardinal veins cardinal veins Cardinal vice Cardinal vices cardinal virtue Cardinal virtues Cardinal vowel cardinal vowels Cardinal winds Cardinal winds Cardinal Wolsey Cardinal/Ordinal Skills Acquisition Device Cardinal’s Cap cardinalate cardinalate cardinalate cardinalate cardinalates cardinalates cardinalates cardinalates Cardinale Cardinale Cardinale Cardinale cardinalfish Cardinalfishes Cardinalfishes Cardinalis cardinalis Cardinalis sinuatus Cardinalis virginianus cardinalities cardinalities Cardinality Cardinality Cardinality of a Set Cardinality of the continuum Cardinalize

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