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Phonological history of English diphthongs information


English diphthongs have undergone many changes since the Old and Middle English periods. The sound changes discussed here involved at least one phoneme which historically was a diphthong.

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Phonological history of English diphthongs

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development of the Middle English diphthongs, see Middle English phonology (diphthong equivalents). Early Middle English had two separate diphthongs /ɛj/ and...

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Phonological history of English

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identical) phonological system. Among other things, most dialects have vowel reduction in unstressed syllables and a complex set of phonological features...

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Phonological history of English consonants

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article describes those aspects of the phonological history of the English language which concern consonants. Reduction of /hw/ – to /h/ in a few words (such...

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English phonology

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set of phonological features that distinguish fortis and lenis consonants (stops, affricates, and fricatives). Phonological analysis of English often...

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Phonological history of English vowels

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dialects, however, where the split is phonological. The bad–lad split is a phonological split of the Early Modern English short vowel phoneme /æ/ into a short...

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Phonological history of English consonant clusters

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transcription delimiters. The phonological history of the English language includes various changes in the phonology of consonant clusters. The H-cluster...

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Phonological history of Old English

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delimiters. The phonological system of the Old English language underwent many changes during the period of its existence. These included a number of vowel shifts...

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Phonological history of English close back vowels

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Phonological history of English Phonological history of English vowels Phonological history of English consonants Phonological history of English consonant...

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Old English phonology

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Scholars disagree on whether short diphthongs are phonologically possible, and some say that Old English short diphthongs must actually have been centralized...

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Middle English phonology

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transition to Middle English. Middle English diphthongs came about by various processes and at various time periods. Diphthongs tended to change their...

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Phonological history of English open back vowels

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The phonology of the open back vowels of the English language has undergone changes both overall and with regional variations, through Old and Middle English...

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Phonological history of French

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documents the phonological history of French from a relatively technical standpoint. See also History of French#Internal phonological history for a less...

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Phonological history of English close front vowels

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homophonous as /mɛt/. Phonological history of the English language Phonological history of English vowels Barber, C. L. (1997). Early Modern English. Edinburgh University...

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New Zealand English phonology

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article covers the phonological system of New Zealand English. While New Zealanders speak differently depending on their level of cultivation (i.e. the...

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Diphthong

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opening diphthongs /ie̯/ and /uo̯/ are true falling diphthongs, since they begin louder and with higher pitch and fall in prominence during the diphthong. A...

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Australian English phonology

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vowels. The vowels of Australian English can be divided according to length. The long vowels, which include monophthongs and diphthongs, mostly correspond...

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History of English

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Influence of French on English Phonological history of the English language Comparison of American and British English English phonology English studies...

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American English

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the Americas Phonological history of English Regional accents of English Transatlantic accent en-US is the language code for U.S. English, as defined by...

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English language

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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 and...

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Ancient Greek phonology

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original diphthongs they are called "genuine diphthongs", in all other cases, they are called "spurious diphthongs". In Attic, some cases of long vowels...

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Received Pronunciation

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slightly diphthongized, and are often narrowly transcribed in phonetic literature as diphthongs [ɪi] and [ʊu]. Vowels may be phonologically long or short...

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North American English regional phonology

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North American English regional phonology is the study of variations in the pronunciation of spoken North American English (English of the United States...

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Standard German phonology

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German long vowels changed to diphthongs. Most Upper German dialects retain the diphthongs. A remnant of their former diphthong character is shown when [iː]...

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Rhoticity in English

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centering diphthongs for FACE, which categorically undoes the merger for those speakers. Even when FACE is realized as an opening-centering diphthong, it may...

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International Phonetic Alphabet chart for English dialects

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element of the diphthongs /aɪ, aʊ/ is raised in certain cases, yielding [ʌɪ̯, ʌʊ̯] or [əɪ̯, əʊ̯]. Canadian English has raising of both diphthongs, but most...

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Scouse

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maggot [ˈmaɡɪθ̠]. In final position, /iː, ʉː/ tend to be fronting/backing diphthongs with central onsets [ɨ̞i, ɨ̞u]. Sometimes this also happens before /l/...

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Middle English

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allophones of the corresponding voiceless fricatives Reduction of the Old English diphthongs to monophthongs and the emergence of new diphthongs due to vowel...

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Southern American English

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diphthongs whose nuclei switch positions. /ɪ/ may be pushed into a diphthong with a raised beginning, [iə], while /i/ may be pulled into a diphthong with...

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