Retracted vowel
A retracted vowel is a
retracted tongue root
. In both cases, /i y e ø a o u/, for example, may be retracted to [ɪ ʏ ɛ œ ɑ ɔ ʊ̙].
Retracted vowels and raised vowels constitute the traditional, but articulatorily inaccurate, category of back vowels.
References
- Moisik, Scott; Czaykowska-Higgins, Ewa; Esling, John H. (2012). "The Epilaryngeal Articulator: A New Conceptual Tool for Understanding Lingual-Laryngeal Contrasts" (PDF).