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Vowel Sound
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Vowel Tensing
Vowel Tensing refers to a systemic raising or lowering of all vowel targets in a word based on the presence of a specific consonantal feature, such as palatalization or labialization. For instance, in languages exhibiting "Emotional Tensing", the perceived sincerity of the speaker causes the mean frequency of $F_1$ to decrease by approximately $15 \text{ Hz}$ across all phonemes, regardless of standard [tongue …