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1. Short and long i

ł Short i, te. (i|

Fig. 8. Position of the lips

Fig 7. Engjtsh |i), tongue position

§ 16. This vowel is rather similar to Polish y, and for this reason in some Polish publications it is transcribed with the symbol [yj. It is only a little * lower and- morę front than Polish y (hence i ta description: half-cloee, front), and aounds somewhat simiar to the raised Polish e in such words aa tiei, pień wiei. It ia fairly short. It must not be replaced by Polish « and the preceding consonant is not to be palataliaed. It occura in both ^ stressed and unstressed syllables.    ™

Eaamples:    | r

[i] in stressed syllables:

pkk, kick, sick, trick, dick, lick, Dick, quick. stick, bit, fit, sit, spit, fil, aix, mii, lip, lip, dip, nip, ridi, ship, kiss, miss, ink, pink, drink, sink, stink, link, inch, ptnch, wish, fish, cliff, stiff, gift, swift, fiat

B. [i] in stressed and unstressed syllables:

finiah, visit, pienie, ciitic, victim, linguist, spiiit, fifly, pity, windy, ticket, crickcl, óckness, biggest, richest, wishes, swiftest

Notę 1. In the position before voiced consonants [i] is a little. longer than before roiceless consonants, e.g.:

big, fig, twig, pig, dig, bid, lid, kid, did, mb, crib, bridge, ridge Compare: bit bid pick pig Dick dig lich ridge

Nule 2. In the position before nasal consonants [m, n, tj], [i] should Iw pronounced without nasalization. It should be pronounced as before other voked consonants, Le. slightly longer:

brim, dim, slim, swim, in, chin, skin, tin, sin, Finn, Sting, swing, wing, wind, drink, link, inch, pinch, sińce, wince, singe

Notę 3. In the position before / realized as so-called dark [I], before a pause or a consonant, [i] is almost identical with Polish y: mil. hill, will, iU, stiU, kil], pili, bil, fil. milk, sik, film Notę 4. [i] is longer when it occurs in one-syllable words than in words of Iwo or morę syllables:

big higgest rich richest sick ackness wind windy tick ticket Notę 5. Kinal [i], however, is a little longer and somewhat lowered, i»|m i ially when preceded by a syllable with a short vowel and a single

ttonsonant:

pity, city, lily, silly*, chilly, windy, lifty, siaty

Steve, Swede, scene, scheme, theme, these, bee, fee, see, consonant letters, 8 65

(i:), tongue position    Fig. 10. Position of the lips

[i:] is siniilar to Polish i, but noticeably longer. It sounds of i merged into one vowel sound, the last part being 1 e s:

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