- 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...
- breaking,
vowel fracture, or
diphthongization is the
sound change of a
monophthong into a
diphthong or triphthong.
Vowel breaking may be
unconditioned or...
-
diphthongs and
monophthongs.
Vowel breaking or
diphthongization is a
vowel shift in
which a
monophthong becomes a diphthong.
Monophthongization or smoothing...
-
replacement of the
pitch accent system by a
stress accent system, and the
monophthongization of
several diphthongs: The
ancient distinction between long and short...
-
breaking them with
epenthesis Elimination of
aspiration or
sound changes Monophthongization is common,
employment of as few
basic vowels as possible, such as...
- It is kept
distinct from the
nasal /ǭ/,
which is not raised. The
monophthongization of /ai/ and /au/ to /ē/ and /ō/ in non-initial
syllables (however...
- following: The Old
Norse diphthongs /au/, /ei/, and /øy/ have
experienced monophthongization in
certain dialects of
modern Norwegian. This
shift originated 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...
