Fronter and Backer

[Matthew Gordon]

Also, in the specific context 'peripheral' wouldn't work. The phrasing is
"higher F2 frequencies are judged to indicate fronter vowels".

"Dennis R. Preston" wrote:

> >Terry,
>
> Then a vowel slightly to the front of a non-peripheral front vowel
> would be "peripheraler" (since your system gives us only two-degrees
> of front-backness for front and back). I like "fronter" and "backer"
> better than "peripheraler."
>
> dInIs
>
> >Matt,
> >
> >Why not try to use the concept of peripheral/non-peripheral to
> >distinguish fronter and backer front and back vowels?
> >
> >So we would have front peripheral, front non-peripheral, back
> >peripheral, back non-periperhal.
> >
> >
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