If we apply N.S. Trubetzkoy's classification to the subsys
tem of the English stressed short vowels, it resembles the Uzbek
vowel phonemes as a quadrangular system:
maximal
i
u
mid
e
(a)
Э
minimal
ae
Л
The timbre (the horizontal movement of the tongue) opposi
tion in the subsystem of the English short vowels is also equippo-
lent, as it is shared by three pairs of phonemes /i - и/, /е - о/ Л -
и/, /е - о/, /ае - л/; the same opposition is observed on sonority
(the height of the tongue):
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