Assertion: vowel | /r/HasProperty | short
Facets:
value: usually
type: DEGREE
value: phonetically
type: MANNER
value: as lot in rp
type: OTHER
value: in length
type: OTHER
value: in their pronunciation
type: OTHER
Source sentences:
text: Very broadly speaking, vowels are either short or long in their pronunciation, depending on how they are used in a word.
text: One way to think of this system is to suppose that Proto-Indo-European originally had only one vowel, short e, and over time, it changed according to phonetic context, so the language started to develop a more complex vowel system.
text: The five vowels usually called "short" are:
text: For instance, Yawelmani has 4 vowels (which additionally may be either long or short).
text: When syllables end in a vowel and then consonant (as in the examples above), the vowel is usually short.
text: If there is more than one consonant, the vowel is almost always short.
text: When a word or syllable ends in a consonant and has only one vowel, that vowel is short.
text: The vowels [ə], [ɪ], [ʊ] are always short in length, while the vowels [ɑː], [iː], [uː], [eː], [oː], [ɛː], [ɔː] are always considered long, in addition to an eleventh vowel /æː/ which is found in English loanwords.
text: The vowel /ə/ (as in annoy) is the counterpart vowel to /ɜ/, being unrounded and short.
text: When a syllable ends in a consonant and has only one vowel, that vowel is short.
text: If there is only one vowel in a single syllable or a monosyllabic word, that vowel is short.
text: If the vowel is followed by two consonants, even if they are followed by another vowel, the first vowel will be short.
text: Phonetically, the vowels of GA are short [ɪ, i, ʊ, u, eɪ, oʊ, ɛ, ʌ, ɔ, æ, ɑ, aɪ, ɔɪ, aʊ] when they precede the fortis consonants /p, t, k, tʃ, f, θ, s, ʃ/ within the same syllable and long [ɪː, iː, ʊː, uː, eːɪ, oːʊ, ɛː, ʌː, ɔː, æː, ɑː, aːɪ, ɔːɪ, aːʊ] elsewhere.
text: Phonetically, the vowels of GA are short when they precede the fortis consonants within the same syllable and long elsewhere.
text: Some American speakers retain the original length distinction (with NORTH being pronounced with a vowel that is as short as LOT in RP) but merge the quality, pronouncing hoarse [hɔˑrs] longer than horse
text: The first vowel is short if there are two consonants between it and the