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Table 1 Overview over the assignment of the phonological feature ROUND as well as the pitch and formant frequency variability in the vowel categories used.

From: Perception of acoustically complex phonological features in vowels is reflected in the induced brain-magnetic activity

Vowel category

ROUND

F0min-max

F1min-max

F2min-max

F3min-max

[a]

-

103–113

552–747

1188–1224

2663–3171

[i]

-

127–132

267–287

2048–2120

2838–3028

[e]

-

109–125

302–322

2055–2143

2711–2890

[y]

+

115–144

238–248

1516–1769

1978–2097

[ø]

+

108–125

301–325

1293–1447

1945–2079

[u]

+

112–118

231–256

522–645

2117–2292

[o]

+

109–125

293–346

471–609

2481–2688

  1. F0 refers to the pitch and F1, F2, F3 to the corresponding formant frequencies.