- vowel. The
conversions of
monophthongs to
diphthongs (diphthongization), and of
diphthongs to
monophthongs (
monophthongization), are
major elements of language...
-
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...
-
Shevelov dates the
monophthongization of
diphthongs to the 5th – 7th
century AD. Zdzisław
Stieber dates the
monophthongization of
diphthongs to the...
-
diphthongs and
monophthongs.
Vowel breaking or
diphthongization is a
vowel shift in
which a
monophthong becomes a diphthong.
Monophthongization or smoothing...
- breaking,
vowel fracture, or
diphthongization is the
sound change of a
monophthong into a
diphthong or triphthong.
Vowel breaking may be
unconditioned or...
-
replacement of the
pitch accent system by a
stress accent system, and the
monophthongization of
several diphthongs: The
ancient distinction between long and short...
- back
vowels /aw/, /ow/, and /uw/ The South,
characterized by the
monophthongization of /ay/ and the
resulting Southern Vowel Shift The Midland, characterized...
-
whose quality does not
change throughout the
vowel is
called a
monophthong.
Monophthongs are
sometimes called "pure" or "stable" vowels. A
vowel sound...
-
monophthongization is
found from the
early 1st
century BC in
Egyptian Gr****, as well as in the
early 2nd
century AD in Palestine.
Monophthongization in...
- 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...
