The 'aw' as in 'law' Sound

If you want more information on the photos in this video, which have parts of the mouth drawn in, see this video on the parts of the mouth.

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The 'as' as in 'law' sound. To make this vowel sound, the jaw drops, but the tongue raises. In this vowel sound it's not just the front or just the back that raises, it's really the whole thing. It raises and then shifts back slightly. This means the tip of the tongue is not touching anything within the mouth. Aw. Also, the lips round a bit, and the cheeks actually come in a bit while the corners of the mouth go forward - aw - to round the lips. Aw, law.

Here is the 'aw' as in 'law' vowel sound on the right compared with the mouth at rest on the left. Notice that the corners of the mouth are pressed forward somewhat, which brings the center part of the lips away from the face. Here, parts of the mouth are drawn in. As with all vowels, the soft palate is raised. But more importantly, look at just the tongue. You can see in the aw sound that the tongue comes up and backwards. This means the tip of the tongue is not touching the teeth. The 'aw' as in 'law' sound. Sample words: bought, crawl, wrong. Sample sentence: Your daughter is taller than when I saw her last fall. Now you'll see this sentence up close and in slow motion, both straight on and from an angle, so you can really study the position for this vowel.

Your, the lips form the Y consonant sound position []. Daughter, with the aw sound. Dd, aw. The tongue comes up to pronounced the T, which here is pronounced as a D. Daughter is tt taller, another aw vowel sound here, aw. The tongue comes up for the L. Than when, the lips form the W, I saw, the teeth come together to make the S, aw, another 'aw' as in 'law'. Her last, tongue comes up to make the L. And finally, fall, with another 'aw' as in 'law' sound. Aw. And the tongue comes up to the L. Your, the lips form the Y consonant sound, daughter, with the aw as in law. There's the position. Tongue moves up to make that D sound, and then back to make the R []. Daughter is taller, another aw, aw. Tongue comes up to make the L. Than when, tongue goes up to make the N. I saw, another 'aw' as in 'law', aw. Her, tongue goes up to make the L, last fall. Another 'aw' as in 'law' sound, aw, and the tongue goes up to make the L.