close-mid
Adjective
Meaning
close-mid (not comparable)
(phonetics, of a vowel) pronounced with the tongue in a position approximately two-thirds of the way between an open and a close vowel
Examples
However, evidence from northern English and Scots (see below) shows that raising of the close-mid vowels /eː oː/ caused the close vowels /iː uː/ to shift, not the other way around.
The vocalic place node would be placed under the C-place node and V-place nodes interpolated to preserve well-forwardness. citation Vowels * The exact phonetic realization of the close-mid vowels /e, o/ depends on the dialect.
In some languages, like Spanish and Romanian, the phonemic status and difference between open-mid and close-mid vowels was lost.
The close-mid vowels ö, o are not involved in vocal harmony processes.
The other vowels are 'auditorily equidistant' between these three 'corner vowels', at four degrees of aperture or 'height': close (high tongue position), close-mid, open-mid, and open (low tongue position).