10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «MONOPHTHONG»
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monophthong in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
monophthong and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Analytic Elocution: An Analysis of the Powers of the Voice, ...
A, broad ; a short, obstructed monophthong. Ex. — W-a-d, s-q-u-a-d, w-a-s,
w-a-n-d, w-a-sh, s-w-a-p, y-a-cht. 6. A, broad ; a long, unobstructed monophthong
. Ex. — A-ll, b-a-l7, a,-w-e. h-aw-l, s-c-a-l-d, p-a-w, h-a?<-l. 7. A, narrow; a short, ...
John Celivergos Zachos, 1868
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Analytic elocution: an analysis of the powers of the voice, ...
A, broad; a short, obstructed monophthong. Ex.-—W-a-d, s-q-u-a-d, w-a-s,
w-a-n-d, w-a-sh, s-w-a-p, y-a-cht. 6. A, broad; a long, unobstructed monophthong.
Ex.—A-ll, b-a-ll, a-w-e, h-au-l, s-c-a-l-d, p-a-w, h-au-l. 7. A, narrow; a short,
obstructed ...
3
Language Variation and Change in the American Midland: A New ...
For example, nine of the ten Texans seemed to vary freely between the
diphthong and the monophthong in pre-voiceless contexts (the tenth used the
monophthong exclusively) – and in all other contexts as well. For Alabama
speakers, the ...
Thomas Edward Murray, Beth Lee Simon, 2006
4
Introducing Phonetic Science
Monophthong. vs. diphthong. In some languages (English is one) the quality of a
vowel can change within a single syllable. Such vowel-glides are known as
diphthongs. Examples of English words containing diphthongs are tie, toy, town.
Michael Ashby, John Maidment, 2005
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Handbook of Biblical Hebrew
§15.732 ay > e except under the conditions in §15.72ff. However, the
monophthong e is written in four different ways, which may at one time have
represented four different phonetic shadings. At present all are pronounced [e:]. §
15.7321 In an ...
6
Accents of English: Volume 3: Beyond the British Isles
In a southern accent of higher prestige, a wide-diphthongal allophone [ae ~ ai] is
used in the environment of a following voiceless consonant within the same
syllable, e.g. bite [bait], rice [rais]; the monophthong or near-monophthong occurs
in ...
7
World Englishes Volumes I-III Set: Volume I: The British ...
Before World War II, Matthews wrote that a monophthong was employed by the '
coarsest speakers', 'in the broadest end of the [Cockney] dialect' (1938 [1972]: 78
), and it was a vowel 'between standard ah and short u' (i.e. between /(1:/ and ...
Tometro Hopkins, Kendall Decker, John McKenny, 2013
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The Linguistic Structure of Modern English
In the mid front area, there are two possible vowels, only one of which is found as
a monophthong in English: 1. the upper-mid front vowel, represented with a
Roman alphabet lower case e /e/; this is the sound in German leben 'to live',
French ...
Laurel J. Brinton, Donna Brinton, 2010
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A Handbook of Varieties of English: Morphology and syntax
In STAY, however, the diphthong is prevalent throughout the south, whilst the
monophthong is dominant in the north. ... the monophthong is dominant in GOAT
everywhere but the southern peripheries, and in SNOW the diphthong dominates
in ...
Edgar Werner Schneider, Bernd Kortmann, 2004
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English Phonology: An Introduction
The vowel in bed is usually a monophthong, as is the one in bud. The first vowel
in father is usually a monophthong but with some speakers it ends slightly higher
and less back than it begins. Similarly, the vowel in feed is often a monophthong
...
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «MONOPHTHONG»
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monophthong is used in the context of the following news items.
A Linguistics Expert Analyzed Tom DeLonge's Vocals
“When they say 'to pick you up on our very first date,' the interesting thing about 'date' is that he renders it as a monophthong 'dehhht' instead of ... «PropertyOfZack, Jun 15»
I Made A Linguistics Professor Listen To A Blink-182 Song And …
“When they say 'to pick you up on our very first date,' the interesting thing about 'date' is that he renders it as a monophthong 'dehhht' instead of ... «Atlas Obscura, Jun 15»
Bimonthly etymology gleanings for August, September 2014
For example, kauen always had a diphthong, while cow has its late diphthong from a long monophthong that once sounded like Modern Engl. «OUPblog, Oct 14»
Monthly etymological gleanings for May 2013
It shed final h, and the old diphthong ea yielded a long monophthong, which eventually became Modern Engl. i, now designated by the letter y. «OUPblog, May 13»
Why don't 'gain' and 'again' rhyme?
In the history of again we observe how the original diphthong became a long monophthong, shortened, lengthened, and diphthongized. «OUPblog, Dec 12»
Why that monument in Townsend Park says Porto Rico
Yes, that's the article I had in mind ("The Politicization of a Monophthong: A Refutation of All the Puerto Rican Myths About the Native Spanish ... «alloveralbany, Nov 12»
The oddest English spellings, part 21: Phony from top to bottom
... (the spellchecker in my computer does not even recognize the word monophthong) and because the pronunciation of diphthongs varies from ... «OUPblog, Sep 12»
Do you speak Texan?
The identifying mark of Texas and Southern accents is the flattened monophthong, a vowel with only one part. Of course, every accent has a ... «University of Texas at Austin News, May 12»
From ship to boat
Or was the English word borrowed twice: once with a diphthong (hence beit) and another time with a monophthong (hence bátr)? (The fact of ... «OUPblog, Oct 11»
How to do a bad southern accent
Lowland Southern doesn't turn the "glide" or diphthong ay-ee into a monophthong, or ah, before unvoiced consonants. Arlene (Ms Preston, the ... «The Economist, Jul 11»
