backness
English
Etymology
back + -ness
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bæk.nɪs/
Noun
backness (uncountable)
- (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.
- Andrew Spencer (1996), Phonology: theory and description, p. 25 :
Antonyms
- frontness