backness

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Pronunciation

• IPA: /bæk.nɪs/

Noun

backness (uncountable)

1. (phonetics) Quality of being a back vowel.

   Andrew Spencer (1996), Phonology: theory and description, p. 25 :

   ''The most important aspects of vowel quality are tongue height, frontness/backness and lip rounding.

Antonyms

• frontness

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