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==Spread and neutral== The lip position of unrounded vowels may be classified into two groups: ''spread'' and ''neutral''. Front vowels are usually pronounced with the lips spread, and the spreading becomes more significant as the height of the vowel increases.{{sfnp|Westerman|Ward|2015|p=27}} Open vowels are often neutral, i.e. neither rounded nor spread, because the open jaw allows for limited rounding or spreading of the lips.{{sfnp|Robins|2014|p=90}} This is reflected in the IPA's definition of the [[Cardinal vowel|cardinal]] {{IPAblink|a}}, which is unrounded yet not spread either.{{sfnp|International Phonetic Association|1999|p=13}}
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