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In English, both in [[Received Pronunciation]] and in [[General American]], the [[IPA]] [[phonetic symbol]] '''/iː/''' corresponds to the [[vowel]] sound in words like "fleece", "tree" and "seat". Sometimes the triangular colon /ː/ is replaced by a normal colon, as in /i:/.  This phoneme is informally called '''[[So-called “long e”|“long E”]]'''.
The '''close front unrounded vowel''' is a [[vowel sound]]. It’s a [[cardinal vowel]].


==Common words==
== Features ==
Some common words which practice this pronunciation include the following:
* with "'''e'''": {{long "e" in the middle of the word}}
:final "'''e'''": be - he - me - she - we
:With [[magic e]]: athlete - compete - complete - concrete - delete - extreme - gene - scene - scheme - supreme - theme - these
* with "'''[[Pronunciation exercises: "ea"|ea]]'''": {{"ea" as /i:/}}
* with "'''ee'''": between - eel - feel - keep - meet - need - see - seem - sleep - speed - street - three - week
* with "'''[[Pronunciation exercises: "ei"|ei]]'''": ceiling - perceive - receipt - receive
* with "'''[[Pronunciation exercises: "ie"|ie]]'''": achieve - belief - believe - brief - chief - field - piece - relief
* with '''"i"''': Christine - gasoline - machine - magazine - police - routine - sardine - tecnique - vaccine
* others: key - people - ski - suite
* [[homophones]]: feat/feet; genes/jeans; heal/heel; meat/meet; pea/pee/P; peace/piece; sea/see/C; scene/seen; steal/steel; suite/sweet; tea/tee/T; weak/week; we'll/wheel;


==Anticipated pronunciation difficulties depending on L1==
The close front unrounded vowel has the following features:
Preconceived ideas and other interferences from [[L1]] obviously interfere in many cases with how students perceive - and pronounce - sounds/words in English. The following section aims to point out some of the most typical difficulties teachers and students may encounter regarding pronunciation.


===Spanish===
* It's a [[close vowel]], also known as high, which means the tongue is positioned close to the roof of the mouth without creating a constriction that would be classified as a consonant.
While '''/iː/''' is similar to the Spanish letter "'''i'''", it is actually much longer, and some Spanish speakers may have difficulty distinguishing between the vowel sound in "seen" and that of '''[[IPA phoneme /ɪ/|/ɪ/]]''', as in "sin", which is shorter than the Spanish "'''i'''".
* A [[front vowel]], which means the tongue is positioned forward in the mouth without creating a constriction that would be classified as a consonant.
* It is an [[unrounded vowel]], which means that the lips are not rounded.


A problem much easier to correct is when students pronounce below their level of English. In words that are similar to Spanish, many people are confused by the spelling. The may pronounce "region" (Spanish ''región'') as {{wrong+|/ˈredʒən/|Correct pronunciation is /ˈriːdʒən/}} or "obesity" (Spanish ''obesidad'') as {{wrong+|/ɒˈbesɪtɪ/|Correct pronunciation is /əʊˈbiːsətɪ/}}. Any attempt at /iː/ they make will be much better than pronouncing /e/.
== Occurrence in English ==


==See also==
This occurs in English.  In RP, it’s used to represent the [[{{fleece}} vowel phoneme]].
*[[Homophones]]
*[[Pronunciation]]
*[[Pronunciation exercises: /ɪ/ vs /iː/]]
*[[Pronunciation of the letter E]]
*[[Silent e]]


==External links==
== Representation ==
*[http://www.bl.uk/learning/langlit/sounds/case-studies/received-pronunciation/vowel-sounds-rp/ British Library: Learning - Sounds Familiar?]


[[Category:IPA phonetic symbols|Vowel /i/]]
In IPA, it has the symbol [i].  Its [[IPA number]] is 301.
[[Category:Vowel phonemes|i]]
 
== References ==
 
<references/> {{index}}
 
[[category:close vowels]]
[[category:front vowels]]
[[category:cardinal vowels]]

Latest revision as of 13:59, 25 October 2023

The close front unrounded vowel is a vowel sound. It’s a cardinal vowel.

Features[edit | edit source]

The close front unrounded vowel has the following features:

  • It's a close vowel, also known as high, which means the tongue is positioned close to the roof of the mouth without creating a constriction that would be classified as a consonant.
  • A front vowel, which means the tongue is positioned forward in the mouth without creating a constriction that would be classified as a consonant.
  • It is an unrounded vowel, which means that the lips are not rounded.

Occurrence in English[edit | edit source]

This occurs in English. In RP, it’s used to represent the ꜰʟᴇᴇᴄᴇ vowel phoneme.

Representation[edit | edit source]

In IPA, it has the symbol [i]. Its IPA number is 301.

References[edit | edit source]

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