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Lemma  vowel 
Categoria grammaticale  N 
Lingua  inglese 
Opera  Sapir (1921) 
Sinonimi   
Rinvii  language (inglese)
lax (inglese)
nasal (inglese)
voiced sound (inglese)  
Traduzioni   
Citazioni 

As the tongue is raised or lowered, retracted or brought forward, held tense or lax, and as the lips are pursed ( ' rounded ' ) in varying degree or allowed to keep their position at rest, a large number of distinct qualities are the vowels.
- Sapir (1921), a pag.50

Vowels, whether nasalized or not, are normally voiced sounds; in not a few languages, however, 'voiceless vowels' also occur.
- Sapir (1921), a pag.50

 
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