Definition of Monophthongal. Meaning of Monophthongal. Synonyms of Monophthongal

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Definition of Monophthongal

Monophthongal
Monophthongal Mon`oph*thon"gal, a. Consisting of, or pertaining to, a monophthong.

Meaning of Monophthongal from wikipedia

- A monophthong (/ˈmɒnəfθɒŋ, ˈmɒnəp-/ MON-əf-thong, MON-əp-) is a pure vowel sound, or one whose articulation at beginning and end is relatively fixed,...
- Monophthongization is a sound change by which a diphthong becomes a monophthong, a type of vowel shift. It is also known as ungliding, as diphthongs are...
- Southern American English, /aɪ̯/ becomes monophthongal [aː] except before voiceless consonants. The erstwhile monophthongs /iː/ and /uː/ are diphthongized in...
- have undergone monophthongization to [o]. The same is true for /eɪ/, which can be realized as [e], but data suggest that monophthongal variants are more...
- vowel). All of the tense vowels except /ɑ/ and /ɔ/ can have either monophthongal or diphthongal pronunciations (i.e. [i, u, e, ö̞] vs [i̞i, u̞u, eɪ,...
- diphthong [oʊ] (found in some speakers from Es****), as well as two rare monophthongal realizations, namely [ɐː] and [o̞ː]. /eɪ/ (as in FACE), can be realised...
- English accents, the vowels have been merged; whether the outcome is monophthongal or diphthongal depends on the accent. However, in a few regional accents...
- given for the distribution of monophthongal and diphthongal variants, though the tendency seems to be for the monophthongal variants to be commonest within...
- Monophthongization of diphthongs is a Proto-Slavic sound change in which diphthongs turn into vowels. It is one of the key events in the chronology of...
- respectively, otherwise they are monophthongs /eː/ and /oː/. A good illustration is that of the word play-place /ˈpleipleːs/. Monophthongal pronunciations /eː/ and...