Tenseness

Bulgarian language is an Eastern European language that consists of six vowels and thirty-five consonant phonemes. The vowels are (i, ɛ, a, ɜ, ɔ, u). On the other hand, American English contains of fifteen vowels and twenty-four consonant phonemes. The contrast between the numbers of vowels in those two quite distinctive languages is not the only dissimilarity. The main problem is the difference between the types of vowels that exist in both phonetic systems. American English consist of lax and tense vowels, while Bulgarian language consists only of lax ones. The distinction between lax and tense vowels is technical and consists mainly in the phonetics. Lax vowels are shorter in sound compared to the tense ones, which are longer in sound. As it can be seen from the English phonetic charts below /i/ and /u/ are tense vowels, and /ɪ/ and /ʊ/ are lax vowels. In Bulgarian phonetic chart, there is no such distinction, because all of its vowels are lax. Therefore, the representation of the vowels /i/ and /u/ in the Bulgarian phonetic chart, should not be misinterpret for the English ones. The paper looks specifically at the distinction between lax and tense vowels in these two languages, and emphasizes on how the lack of tense vowels, affects the pronunciation of Bulgarian native speakers who speak English as a second language. The contrast between English and Bulgarian phonology had been discussed in various publications through the years. Andrei Danchev (1990) examined the…

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They worried that the event could happen again causing feelings that range from tenseness to being on edge. The research found that residents of Mississippi who were affected by the hurricane had a greater number of PTSD symptoms as compared to people in New Orleans; however, people in Mississippi also were found to have more social support than people in New…

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