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Vowel ( Concept )
http://purl.org/linguistics/gold/Vowel

Thing
      |_ Abstract
            |_ Linguistic Unit
                  |_ Form Unit
                        |_ Segment
                              |_ Vowel

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Definition:

One of the two general categories used for the classification of speech sounds, the other being consonant. Phonetically, they are sounds articulated without a complete closure in the mouth that would produce a stop or a degree of narrowing that would create audible friction; the air escapes evenly over the center of the tongue. For oral vowels, air escapes solely through the mouth. If some air is simultaneously released through the nose, the vowel is nasal. The quality of the vowel sound is affected by the shape of the oral resonance chamber, chiefly influenced by the position of the lips and the position of the tongue. [Crystal 1985: 330; Hartmann and Stork 1972: 253]

Properties	Values	Definition
acoustic Realization	Spoken Linguistic Expression	The relation between some linguistic unit and its corresponding spoken expression.
constituents	Thing	The relation holding between a linguistic unit and a list (rdf:Seq) of its constituents.
has Constituent	Linguistic Unit	The relation hasConstituent is an abstract partial ordering relation that expresses dominance between two linguistic units. This relation is meant to cover all possible types of linguistic constituency: phonological, morphological, syntactic, etc. constituency.
in Language	Human Language Variety	The relation that holds between a LinguisticSign and a Language. The sign is said to be a member or part of that language.
ordering Relation	Linguistic Unit	Any relation that establishes a linear ordering of linguistic units.
realization	Linguistic Expression	The relation holding between a linguistic unit and its physical form, either a spoken, written or signed expression.
signed Realization	Signed Linguistic Expression	The relation between some linguistic unit and its corresponding signed expression.
string Rep	string
written Realization	Written Linguistic Expression	The relation between some linguistic unit and its corresponding written expression.