long vowel
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- noun
- /lɔŋ ˈvoʊəl/
- Specialized
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vocal larga
- While many languages have a distinction between short and long vowels on the civilized level, I am not aware of any language with three distinctive vowel lengths.
- short and long vowels
- long vowel sound
- long vowel words
Examples
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Large difference effects were shown for all real and pseudo word pairings, with long vowels (1.18) and digraphs and -tch (1.09) having the largest effect size (see Table 3).
Academic text (2015) -
The arrangement of short vowel quantities and multisyllabic words in the second lines, contrasting with the long vowels and monosyllables that dominate the first lines, e.g., #
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However, which of the long vowels was more difficult to attack was indistinguishable.
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However, no language can have a civilized concept of a very long vowel, such as in "a loooooong time" to indicate a very long time.
Academic text (2006) -
Using pictures of a cap and a cape or a bat and a boat can support student practice in discriminating between long and short vowel sound spellings.
Academic text (2013) -
For the most part, the teacher seemed to link this literacy learning with authentic workplace tasks (one lesson, for example, focused on understanding a memo written by management), although there were also examples of generic literacy skills being taught, addressing issues such as: 'How can you tell whether it's a long vowel or a short vowel?'
Academic text (2014) -
Students typically learn to decode words using letter-to-sound correspondence as well as sounds taught for letter combinations, patterns, or with rules (e.g., the letter e at the end of a word predicts a long vowel sound).
Academic text (2015) -
By mid-January, Marisa was ready to transition to more advanced Word Study to develop an understanding of long vowel sounds, r-controlled vowels, and selected diphthongs (Bear, Invernizzi, Templeton, & Johnson, 2011).
Academic text (2013) -
By mid-January, Marisa was ready to transition to more advanced Word Study to develop an understanding of long vowel sounds, r-controlled vowels, and selected diphthongs (Bear, Invernizzi, Templeton, & Johnson, 2011).
Academic text (2013) -
In the word 'feet', the 'ee' represents a long vowel sound.
Antonyms
How Long
- Specialized
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3.4
- Specialized
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Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'a vowel pronounced for a longer duration' is directly and compositionally derived from 'long' (extended duration) modifying 'vowel' (a speech sound). This is a descriptive, cross-linguistically common phonological term following normal adjective + noun composition, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents will readily understand it.
Etymology
Long vowel comes from the idea of a long sound for a vowel: you hold the vowel sound longer than a short one, like saying 'aaah' instead of 'a'. That's why it means a vowel sound that is 'held longer' and often sounds like the 'name of the letter'.