VALUE OF A VOWEL – PH Mystery School Lessons Sunday June 9, 2013

vow·el

[vou-uhl]
noun
1.
Phonetics .
a. (in English articulation) a speech sound produced without occluding, diverting, or obstructing the flow of air from the lungs ( opposed to consonant ).
b. (in a syllable) the sound of greatest sonority, as i in grill. Compare consonant ( def 1b ) .
c.(in linguistic function) a concept empirically determined as a phonological element in structural contrast with consonant, as the (ē) of be (bē), we (wē), and yeast (yēst).

2.a letter representing or usually representing a vowel, as, in English, a, e, i, o, u, and sometimes w and y.

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