Vowel length meaning

1. What is the meaning of vowel length?
2. Does English have vowel length?
3. What does vowel length depend on?
4. What is length in phonology?

What is the meaning of vowel length?

In linguistics, vowel length is the perceived length of a vowel sound: the corresponding physical measurement is duration.

Does English have vowel length?

When a vowel comes before a voiceless consonant, it is typically said for the shortest duration. When a vowel comes before a voiced consonant, it is said a little bit longer. And when a vowel comes at the end of a syllable, also called an open syllable, the vowel is said for the longest duration.

What does vowel length depend on?

Vowel length is affected by the position of the vowel in a word or a sentence. The vowel is longest in the final position. It is short before the voiceless consonants.

What is length in phonology?

November 2019. In phonetics, length or quantity is a feature of sounds that have distinctively extended duration compared with other sounds. There are long vowels as well as long consonants (the latter are often called geminates). Long. ◌ː