Assertion: diphthong's vowel | /r/HasProperty | a speech sound
Facets:
value: simply
type: DEGREE
Source sentences:
text: Simply, a vowel is a speech sound.
text: Vowels are speech sounds during whose production “the tongue is held at such a distance from the roof of the mouth that there is no perceptible frictional noise” and “a resonance chamber is formed which modifies the quality of tone” (Jones, Pronunciation 12).
text: A vowel is a speech sound.
text: A vowel is a speech sound.