- [ ], / / and ⟨ ⟩, see IPA § Brackets and
transcription delimiters. A
diphthong (/ˈdɪfθɒŋ, ˈdɪp-/ DIF-thong, DIP-; from
Ancient Gr**** δίφθογγος (díphthongos) 'two...
-
spurious diphthong (or
false diphthong) is an
Ancient Gr****
vowel that is
etymologically a long
vowel but
written exactly like a true
diphthong ει, ου (ei...
- / / and ⟨ ⟩, see IPA § Brackets and
transcription delimiters.
English diphthongs have
undergone many
changes since the Old and
Middle English periods....
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either the
diphthong /aɪ/ ("long" ⟨i⟩) as in kite, the
short /ɪ/ as in bill, or the ⟨ee⟩
sound /iː/ in the last
syllable of machine. The
diphthong /aɪ/ developed...
- linguistics,
vowel breaking,
vowel fracture, or
diphthongization is the
sound change of a
monophthong into a
diphthong or triphthong.
Vowel breaking may be unconditioned...
-
vowel ⟨e⟩ to ⟨o⟩.
Diphthongs could be
short or long. A
short diphthong had the same
length as a
short single vowel, and a long
diphthong had the same length...
- in RP /iː/ and /uː/ are
slightly diphthongized, and are
often narrowly transcribed in
phonetic literature as
diphthongs [ɪi] and [ʊu].
Vowels may be phonologically...
-
developed into
diphthongs of a
generally less
common type in
which both
elements are of the same height,
called height-harmonic
diphthongs. This process...
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phrase used in
elocution teaching since at
least 1926 to
demonstrate the
diphthong /aʊ/. Bagley, Louie: "Elocution do's and dont's",
Frederick A. Stokes...
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hiatus but
occasionally indicates a
diphthong:
compare modern Gr**** παϊδάκια (/paiˈðaca/, "lamb chops"), with a
diphthong, and παιδάκια (/peˈðaca/, "little...
