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monophthong (/ˈmɒnəfθɒŋ, ˈmɒnəp-/ MON-əf-thong, MON-əp-; from
Ancient Gr**** μονόφθογγος (monóphthongos) 'one sound', from μόνος (mónos) 'single' and...
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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...
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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...
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monophthongal allophone of fleece: [i̞],
often diphthongal as [ɪə ~ iə]. In the case of the /ʊr/–/uːr/ merger, it
tends to
approach the
monophthongal...
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whose quality does not
change throughout the
vowel is
called a
monophthong.
Monophthongs are
sometimes called "pure" or "stable" vowels. A
vowel sound...
- lax
vowels as in
Standard English. The
diphthongs /ei/ and /ou/ are
monophthongs [eː] and [oː] or even the
reverse diphthongs [ie] and [uo] (e.g. bay...
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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...
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given for the
distribution of
monophthongal and
diphthongal variants,
though the
tendency seems to be for the
monophthongal variants to be
commonest within...
- 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,...
