Vowel Contrast /ʌ/ and / ɑ/

Vowel Contrast /ʌ/ and / ɑ/

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alpha character lamda character
tongue low and back
tense vowel
most open mouth posture
longer in duration, 2 beats
tongue mid and central
lax vowel
mouth slightly open
shorter in duration, 1 beat
hot hut
bought but
hog hug
boss bus
dog dug/Doug
fawn fun
dock duck
shot shut
lock luck
gone gun
talk tuck
Ron run
doll dull
rot rut
cop cup
body buddy
Shawn/Sean shun
hall hull
not/knot nut
Don/dawn done
chalk Chuck
log lug
pot putt