expressions of joy had more [i]-like vowels, and expressions of disgust had more schwa-like central vowels, such as in “uh.” Our work hints that most humans may turn to certain sounds to ...

pain has more "a" vowels, disgust more central, "neutral" vowels (like the second vowel in "dragon"), and joy has more "i" vowels. In other words, both interjections and nonlinguistic ...

All the inflected forms are irregular: am, are, is, was, were. {DO}: do+es (here the high back tense vowel weakens to a mid central vowel (the carot), {SAY}: say+s (here the mid front tense vowels ...