CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO MONOPHTHONGIZE
PRESENT
Present
I monophthongize
you monophthongize
he/she/it monophthongizes
we monophthongize
you monophthongize
they monophthongize
Present continuous
I am monophthongizing
you are monophthongizing
he/she/it is monophthongizing
we are monophthongizing
you are monophthongizing
they are monophthongizing
Present perfect
I have monophthongized
you have monophthongized
he/she/it has monophthongized
we have monophthongized
you have monophthongized
they have monophthongized
Present perfect continuous
I have been monophthongizing
you have been monophthongizing
he/she/it has been monophthongizing
we have been monophthongizing
you have been monophthongizing
they have been monophthongizing
Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The
present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.
PAST
Past
I monophthongized
you monophthongized
he/she/it monophthongized
we monophthongized
you monophthongized
they monophthongized
Past continuous
I was monophthongizing
you were monophthongizing
he/she/it was monophthongizing
we were monophthongizing
you were monophthongizing
they were monophthongizing
Past perfect
I had monophthongized
you had monophthongized
he/she/it had monophthongized
we had monophthongized
you had monophthongized
they had monophthongized
Past perfect continuous
I had been monophthongizing
you had been monophthongizing
he/she/it had been monophthongizing
we had been monophthongizing
you had been monophthongizing
they had been monophthongizing
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,
FUTURE
Future
I will monophthongize
you will monophthongize
he/she/it will monophthongize
we will monophthongize
you will monophthongize
they will monophthongize
Future continuous
I will be monophthongizing
you will be monophthongizing
he/she/it will be monophthongizing
we will be monophthongizing
you will be monophthongizing
they will be monophthongizing
Future perfect
I will have monophthongized
you will have monophthongized
he/she/it will have monophthongized
we will have monophthongized
you will have monophthongized
they will have monophthongized
Future perfect continuous
I will have been monophthongizing
you will have been monophthongizing
he/she/it will have been monophthongizing
we will have been monophthongizing
you will have been monophthongizing
they will have been monophthongizing
The
future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.
CONDITIONAL
Conditional
I would monophthongize
you would monophthongize
he/she/it would monophthongize
we would monophthongize
you would monophthongize
they would monophthongize
Conditional continuous
I would be monophthongizing
you would be monophthongizing
he/she/it would be monophthongizing
we would be monophthongizing
you would be monophthongizing
they would be monophthongizing
Conditional perfect
I would have monophthongize
you would have monophthongize
he/she/it would have monophthongize
we would have monophthongize
you would have monophthongize
they would have monophthongize
Conditional perfect continuous
I would have been monophthongizing
you would have been monophthongizing
he/she/it would have been monophthongizing
we would have been monophthongizing
you would have been monophthongizing
they would have been monophthongizing
Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.
IMPERATIVE
Imperative
you monophthongize
we let´s monophthongize
you monophthongize
The
imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Infinitive
to monophthongize
Past participle
monophthongized
Present Participle
monophthongizing
Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The
present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The
past participle shows the action after completion.
10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «MONOPHTHONGIZE»
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monophthongize in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
monophthongize and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Speaking Pittsburghese: The Story of a Dialect
the very beginning. In the (stressed) last word of the first line she pronounces
slouch with monophthongal /aw/, as [slaޝtݕ]. Winter does not monophthongize /
aw/ in every possible environment in the skit, so that, to someone who can hear
this ...
2
A Survey of Modern English
Together with the fronting and monophthongize of /aυ/ this can occasionally lead
to misunderstandings such as the following one quoted in Taylor between
himself and a postal agent in the outback (1973/74: 59): Author: Do you sell
stamps?
Stephan Gramley, Michael Pátzold, 2004
3
Linguistic Change and the Great Vowel Shift in English
This claim is supported by the instrumental evidence presented in Labov (n.d.)
which was cited in Chapters IV and V. Fourth, even assuming a theory of gradual
change, and that ME ai did not monophthongize, there is no motivation for ...
4
The Oxford Dictionary of English Grammar
0 monophthongize: convert into a monophthong; become a monophthong. The
sound /oo/ as a distinctive phoneme in English, once frequently heard in such
words as door and more, has in most varieties of RP been monophthongized into
...
Sylvia Chalker, E. S. C. Weiner, 1998
5
Current Studies in Spanish Linguistics
In environments where all alternating diphthongs monophthongize, there should
be unstressed sequences of [je] and [we] that escape monophthongization
because they have a similar structure to that of the rest of the diphthongs of
Spanish.
Héctor Campos, Fernando Martínez-Gil, 1992
6
Handbook of Vowels and Vowel Disorders
... monophthongize to [i], so it is not surprising that Otomo and Stoel-Gammon
also found [ɪ] → [i] before velars to be a common substitution. Otomo and Stoel-
Gammon report that vowels often become back before velar consonants,
including ...
Martin J. Ball, Fiona E. Gibbon, 2013
7
Jewish and Muslim Dialects of Moroccan Arabic
We now turn to J dialects (not covered in Table 3-7). They generally
monophthongize CA short diphthongs. However, occasionally an old (short)
diphthong is preserved by promoting it to the status of full (long) diphthong,
transcribed {ay aw}.
8
The Oxford History of English
... chain: the long nonhigh vowels raise, the high vowels diphthongize, and some
of the diphthongs raise their first elements like the corresponding long vowels,
while others monophthongize and fill the slots vacated by the raised mid vowels.
First, the diphthongs may monophthongize to long [a:], as has occurred in the
American South, where we find such highly salient productions as [ta:m] for time.
The monophthongization of/ay/ has taken place at least once Figure 5: Chain
shift ...
do not monophthongize. In these cases, I should qualify “does not apply” by
explaining that the rule does not apply systematically, though in allegro speech I
am often unable to hear the difference between e.g. iy and i ̆ word-finally.
However ...
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Om Alone: The Meaning of the Sound and Symbol
The "O" part of "Om" is made up of "A" and "U." However, they combine, or monophthongize, to make the "O" sound. Occasionally, you may hear ... «Huffington Post, Apr 13»
