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turkish phonology and morphology (türkçe ses ve b‹ç‹mb‹lg‹s‹)

turkish phonology and morphology (türkçe ses ve b‹ç‹mb‹lg‹s‹)

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Unit 3 - Turkish Vowels<br />

37<br />

It is your turn!<br />

It is your turn!<br />

the sounds, first /i/ then /y/. You should notice that by changing only the 1 position<br />

of your lips you could produce these two vowels. Now try the same with high<br />

1<br />

back vowels. First produce /µ/. Then without changing It the is your position turn! of your<br />

It is your turn!<br />

tongue, round your lips <strong>and</strong> you should produce /u/.<br />

2 2<br />

Front mid vowels also differ in terms of rounding. /E/ is an unrounded vowel<br />

as in the word ‘emek’ whereas /œ/ is a rounded vowel as in It the is your word turn! ‘örümcek’.<br />

It is your turn!<br />

Test for yourself that /E/ <strong>and</strong> /ø/ differ only in rounding. First produce /E/, 3 holding<br />

it for a while. As you produce /E/ round your lips. You should notice that /E/ turns<br />

3<br />

into an /ø/ as you round your lips.<br />

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It is your turn!<br />

/o/ is a rounded vowel but without an unrounded counterpart. 4 4<br />

Fill in the rounding of the following vowels.<br />

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rounding<br />

5 5<br />

a<br />

µ<br />

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It is your turn!<br />

E<br />

y<br />

6 6<br />

ø<br />

It is your turn!<br />

It is your turn!<br />

Turkish vowels are summarized in Figure 3.3.<br />

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It is your turn!<br />

1 Figure 1 3.3<br />

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Front cental back<br />

8<br />

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Turkish 8Vowels<br />

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i y<br />

µ u height<br />

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2 2<br />

It is your turn!<br />

E ø<br />

o mid 9<br />

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9<br />

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a<br />

lowIt<br />

is your turn!<br />

3 3<br />

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• Vowels to the left are unrounded.<br />

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10<br />

It is your turn!<br />

• Vowels to the right are rounded.<br />

It is your turn!<br />

4 4<br />

It is your turn!<br />

11<br />

Vowels are described in the order of height, backness, <strong>and</strong> It is rounding. your turn! Thus /i/<br />

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is a high front unrounded vowel, /o/ is a mid back rounded vowel. 5 5<br />

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It is your turn!<br />

Describe the following vowels.<br />

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E<br />

a<br />

height backness rounding<br />

6<br />

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13<br />

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6<br />

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13<br />

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u<br />

i<br />

7 7<br />

ø<br />

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It is your turn!<br />

y<br />

µ<br />

8 8<br />

o<br />

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It is your turn!<br />

9 9<br />

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10<br />

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10<br />

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It is your turn!<br />

11 11

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