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The IPA labels for the two categories of mid vowels are therefore ‘mid-close’ and ‘mid-open’.","cbCaikSqfioiLJhO","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaikSqfioiLJhO","pdf",77719,"English","# Vowel Chart Overview\n## Modified IPA Conventions\n## Terminology Updates","[{\"question\":\"How does this vowel chart differ from the standard official IPA chart?\",\"answer\":\"It modifies the use of certain symbols like [ʌ] for the mid-central STRUT vowel, defines [æ] specifically as a low-front vowel, and uses [a] for a low-central vowel, diverging from official IPA naming conventions.\"},{\"question\":\"What terminology does the course use instead of 'close' and 'open'?\",\"answer\":\"The course replaces 'close' and 'open' with 'high' and 'low' and uses 'mid-close' and 'mid-open' to describe the two categories of mid vowels.\"},{\"question\":\"How is the symbol [a] handled in this course?\",\"answer\":\"The symbol [a] is strictly reserved for the low-central vowel and is never used to represent a front vowel, which differs from some official IPA practices.\"}]","Linguistics 520 Linguistic Phonetics - Vowel Chart Analysis | PDF",1791850823]