Creation date in repository: 2023-07-13

Abstract: This paper focuses on the role that vowel length has in the perception of vowels and how vowel length is treated in the literature. Length-based classifications of vowels are widely used, yet their usefulness and congruity with reality are not apparent. This paper aims to ascertain the validity of the tradition that ascribes the main difference between traditional pairs of vowels (e.g., /i/-/ɪ/) to length. This paper analyses and compares the approaches to vowel length and tenseness by Kenyon, Jones, and Gimson, thereby describing the rationales that constitute the British and American traditions.

Subject: Filologia

Language: en

Subject areas: Filología Philology Filologia

Department: Estudis Anglesos i Alemanys

Student: Salcedo Silva, Adrian

Academic year: 2021-2022

Title in different languages: Duración vs. tensión en la percepción de las vocales inglesas Length vs. tenseness in the perception of the English vowels Duració vs. tensió en la percepció de les vocals angleses

Work's public defense date: 2022-06-13

Access rights: info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess

Keywords: duración, tensión, vocales length, tenseness, vowels duracío, tensió, vocals

Confidenciality: No

TFG credits: 12

Title in original language: Length vs. tenseness in the perception of the English vowels

Project director: Romero, Joaquín

Education area(s): Anglès

Entity: Universitat Rovira i Virgili (URV)