-
preceding vowel (more properly, the /s/ "debuccalises" to /j/,
which is
monophthongised into a
higher vowel): /-as/ > /-e/, /-es/ > /-i/,
hence Standard Italian...
- West Saxon. For example, the
former diphthong /iy/
tended to
become monophthongised to /i/ in EWS, but to /y/ in LWS. Due to the
centralisation of power...
-
rather than
separate phonemes. Hence,
diphthongs like ai and au get
monophthongised into /eː/ and /oː/, and āi and āu into /ɛː/ and /ɔː/ respectively.[citation...
- /aw/ (pronounced in
Lebanese Arabic as [eɪ] and [eʊ]),
which were
monophthongised into [eː] and [oː] elsewhere,
although the
majority of
Lebanese Arabic...
- [θ] and [d] for [ð]. The 'l' is
generally clear. The
diphthongs are
monophthongised: 'ow' ([əʊ] or [oʊ])
becomes [o] and 'ay' ([eɪ])
becomes [e]. The 'd'...
-
combination with
other broad Scouse vowels. The
PRICE vowel /aɪ/ can be
monophthongised to [äː] in
certain environments.
According to
Wells (1982) and Watson...
-
diphthong au,
which at that
stage in the language's
history had not yet
monophthongised to o. This
being so, the
syllable Om is
often archaically considered...
- as in day,
which often (but not always, see the pane-pain merger)
monophthongised to /ɛː/, and
merged with
Middle English /aː/ as in mate or /ɛː/ as...
- labials. The so-called
sharp 'oo' in boom ("tree") is
pronounced [yə],
monophthongised to [y(:)] in the city
dialects of
Ghent and Ronse, but surrounding...
- the
southeastern periphery,
resulting in
variants such as [aɪ] and
monophthongised [aː].
Fronting and
monophthongisation of /aɪ/ are
correlated with ethnicity...
