Assertion: vowel | /r/HasProperty | unrounded
Facets:
value: in english
type: OTHER
value: in most languages
type: OTHER
value: most commonly
type: DEGREE
Source sentences:
text: One effect of this is that back vowels are most commonly rounded while front vowels are most commonly unrounded; another is that rounded vowels tend to plot to the right of unrounded vowels in vowel charts.
text: In most languages, front vowels tend to be unrounded, and back vowels tend to be rounded.
text: Another feature of vowels is ROUNDING: in English, front vowels are unrounded, i.e the lips are spread (FLEECE, DRESS, TRAP etc.) while back vowels tend to have rounded lips (GOOSE, THOUGHT etc.)
text: The vowel /ə/ (as in annoy) is the counterpart vowel to /ɜ/, being unrounded and short.