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H_cyberspider Posted 17 years ago
Speech & Pronunciation
A phonetic question!!! What's the difference between /e/ and /ɛ/??
Can anybody tell the difference between the vowels /e/ and /?/ ? To me they just seem one sound, which is the ''e'' in bed. Can you provide examples in English containing each sound? thank you!
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I think they are just different symbols for the same sound, Spider.
- I think they are just different symbols for the same sound, Spider.
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I think they are just different symbols for the same sound, Spider.
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I think they are just different symbols for the same sound, Spider.
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They are often used interchangeably in dictionaries, but if you take them as IPA symbols they are two different vowel sounds.
/e/ is higher in the IPA chart of vowels.
/?/ is lower. This means your mouth is a little more open, because your jaw is lower.
Generally speaking, you are going to hear a kind of vowel that is between /e/ and /?/ in many dialects, I g
/e/ is higher in the IPA chart of vowels.
/?/ is lower. This means your mouth is a little more open, because your jaw is lower.
Generally speaking, you are going to hear a kind of vowel that is between /e/ and /?/ in many dialects, I g
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epsilon (/?/) is the "e" in "bed", /e/ is the sound made at the start of the /e?/ sound, before movement of the mouth.
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