phonetics, vowel roundedness is the amount of rounding in the lips during the articulation of a vowel. It is labialization of a vowel. When a rounded vowel is...

front vowel and a back vowel. It is undefined for roundedness, which means that it can be either rounded or unrounded. In practice however, the unrounded...

rounding. However, in some languages, roundedness is independent from backness, such as French and German (with front rounded vowels), most Uralic languages...

distinct vowel sounds. But, by the time of Middle English, /y/ had lost its roundedness and became identical to ⟨i⟩ (/iː/ and /ɪ/). Therefore, many words that...

vowels without any difference in other parameters, such as backness or roundedness. Its vowel height is mid, which means the tongue is positioned halfway...

Its roundedness is protruded, which means that the corners of the lips are drawn together, and the inner surfaces exposed. Because back rounded vowels...

articulation that has IPA diacritics is the degree of roundedness, more rounded and less rounded. An advanced or fronted sound is one that is pronounced...

creating a constriction that would be classified as a consonant. Its roundedness is protruded, which means that the corners of the lips are drawn together...

Its roundedness is protruded, which means that the corners of the lips are drawn together, and the inner surfaces exposed. Because central rounded vowels...

open-mid vowels without differences in other parameters such as backness or roundedness. Wayland, Ratree (2018). Phonetics: A Practical Introduction. Cambridge:...