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Meaning of "diphthongization" in the English dictionary

DICTIONARY

PRONUNCIATION OF DIPHTHONGIZATION

ˌdɪfθɒŋaɪˈzeɪʃən


GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF DIPHTHONGIZATION

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Diphthongization is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES DIPHTHONGIZATION MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Vowel breaking

In historical linguistics, vowel breaking is the change of a monophthong into a diphthong or triphthong. The change into a diphthong is also known as diphthongization. Vowel breaking is often distinguished from diphthongization and defined more narrowly as a harmonic process involving diphthongization triggered by a following vowel or consonant. The original pure vowel typically breaks into two segments, where the first segment matches the original vowel and the second segment is harmonic with the nature of the triggering vowel or consonant. For example, the second segment may be /u/ if the following vowel or consonant is back, and the second segment may be /i/ if the following vowel or consonant is front. Thus, vowel breaking in this restricted sense can be viewed as an example of assimilation of a vowel to a following vowel or consonant.

Definition of diphthongization in the English dictionary

The definition of diphthongization in the dictionary is the act of making into a diphthong.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH DIPHTHONGIZATION

authorization · characterization · civilization · customization · globalization · hospitalisation · hospitalization · hybridization · localization · novelization · optimisation · optimization · organisation · organization · realization · specialization · stabilization · synchronization · utilization · visualization

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE DIPHTHONGIZATION

diphtheria · diphtheria vaccine · diphtherial · diphtheric · diphtheritic · diphtheritis · diphtheroid · diphthong · diphthongal · diphthongally · diphthongic · diphthongisation · diphthongise · diphthongize · diphycercal · diphyletic · diphyllous · diphyodont · diphysite · diphysitism

WORDS THAT END LIKE DIPHTHONGIZATION

accreditation · action · administration · animation · application · association · certification · citation · combination · communication · confirmation · conversation · corporation · creation · decoration · destination · documentation · duration · education · evaluation · excitation

Synonyms and antonyms of diphthongization in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «diphthongization» into 25 languages

TRANSLATOR

TRANSLATION OF DIPHTHONGIZATION

Find out the translation of diphthongization to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of diphthongization from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «diphthongization» in English.
zh

Translator English - Chinese

diphthongization
1,325 millions of speakers
es

Translator English - Spanish

diptongación
570 millions of speakers
en

English

diphthongization
510 millions of speakers
hi

Translator English - Hindi

diphthongization
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

diphthongization
280 millions of speakers
ru

Translator English - Russian

дифтонгизации
278 millions of speakers
pt

Translator English - Portuguese

ditongação
270 millions of speakers
bn

Translator English - Bengali

diphthongization
260 millions of speakers
fr

Translator English - French

diphtongaison
220 millions of speakers
ms

Translator English - Malay

Diphthongization
190 millions of speakers
de

Translator English - German

Diphthongierung
180 millions of speakers
ja

Translator English - Japanese

diphthongization
130 millions of speakers
ko

Translator English - Korean

diphthongization
85 millions of speakers
jv

Translator English - Javanese

Diphthongization
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

diphthongization
80 millions of speakers
ta

Translator English - Tamil

diphthongization
75 millions of speakers
mr

Translator English - Marathi

डोप्थाऑन्डाइजेशन
75 millions of speakers
tr

Translator English - Turkish

diphthongization
70 millions of speakers
it

Translator English - Italian

dittongazione
65 millions of speakers
pl

Translator English - Polish

diphthongization
50 millions of speakers
uk

Translator English - Ukrainian

діфтонгизация
40 millions of speakers
ro

Translator English - Romanian

diftongizarea
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

diphthongization
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

diftongisering
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

diphthongization
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

diphthongization
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of diphthongization

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «DIPHTHONGIZATION»

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about diphthongization

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «DIPHTHONGIZATION»

Discover the use of diphthongization in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to diphthongization and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Palatal Diphthongization of Stem Vowels in the Old English ...
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Clarence Griffin Child, 2010
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Palatal Diphthongization of Stem Vowels in the Old English ...
This is a pre-1923 historical reproduction that was curated for quality. Quality assurance was conducted on each of these books in an attempt to remove books with imperfections introduced by the digitization process.
Clarence E. Child, 2008
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Diphthongization of Non-high Vowel Sequences in Latin ...
Within the same nouns category we observe that the diphthongization of the word acordeon 'accordion', displays a higher percentage of diphthongization (1.13%) in Colombia, as compared to the results from Mexico (0.49%). Results from a ...
Marisol Garrido, 2008
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Theoretical Perspectives on Native American Languages: ...
As a structure- building rule, Diphthongization thus is free to apply to nonderived forms, as required. In both revised formulations of Diphthongization and Nasalization, the autosegmental solution accounts for the absence of the autosegment ...
Donna B. Gerdts, Karin Michelson, 1989
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Spanish Phonology: A Syllabic Perspective
Advantages of an OT account of diphthongization When the first vowel in the input to example 3.49 is low, the universal principle in example 3.50 creates a contradiction (+low, +high) that results in the deletion of the vowel specified as [+ low] ...
Sonia Colina, 2009
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Phonology: Critical Concepts in Linguistics
51. COMPENSATORY. DIPHTHONGIZATION. IN. MAJORCAN. CATALAN. Juan Mascara Source: L. Wetzels and E. Sezer (eds) Studies in Compensatory Lengthening, Dordrecht: Foris (l986), pp. l33-46 1 A consequence of the organization of ...
Charles W. Kreidler, 2001
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Modern Irish: Grammatical Structure and Dialectal Variation
Syllable lengthening is a cover-term for both vowel lengthening and diphthongization. This spread of tension to a preceding stressed short vowel is expressed either by vowel lengthening or diphthongization, depending both on the context ...
Mícheál ósiadhail, 1991
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Palatal Diphthongization of Stem Vowels in the Old English ...
This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923.
Child Clarence Griffin, 2011
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A Grammar of Old English
As argued byKuhn and Quirk(1953: 146–7),3 ifi umlaut preceded diphthongization, thenthe following development would have occurred: (first fronting) (failure of iumlaut, see 5.74, 80) >*/t∫æasi/ (palatal diphthongization), giving **⋅ ase.
Richard M. Hogg, 2011
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Towards a Social Science of Language: Papers in Honor of ...
In other words, level of diphthongization can be used to predict social standing and vice versa. Diphthongization is also observable in Weiland French (a local variety of Ontarian French which is a recent offshoot of Québécois French).
Gregory R. Guy, 1996

NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «DIPHTHONGIZATION»

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Sounding Gay, Punk, or Jock: What Language Says About Your …
Texas English and Southern English have a lot in common—like diphthongization of vowels ("a drawl"), use of y'all, and elaborate linguistic ... «Slate Magazine, Nov 14»
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