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...
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(phthóngos) 'sound') The conversions of monophthongs to diphthongs (diphthongization), and of diphthongs to monophthongs (monophthongization), are major elements of language...
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diphthongs and monophthongs. Vowel breaking or diphthongization is a vowel shift in which a monophthong becomes a diphthong. Monophthongization or smoothing...
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replacement of the pitch accent system by a stress accent system, and the monophthongization of several diphthongs: The ancient distinction between long and short...
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Vowel fronting clearly preceded monophthongization, in that the outputs *Jei, *Jeu were later affected by monophthongization just as original *ei, *eu were...
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breaking, vowel fracture, or diphthongization is the sound change of a monophthong into a diphthong or triphthong. Vowel breaking may be unconditioned or...
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Shevelov dates the monophthongization of diphthongs to the 5th – 7th century AD. Zdzisław Stieber dates the monophthongization of diphthongs to the...
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have undergone monophthongization to [o]. The same is true for /eɪ/, which can be realized as [e], but data suggest that monophthongal variants are more...
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monophthongization is found from the early 1st century BC in Egyptian Greek, as well as in the early 2nd century AD in Palestine. Monophthongization in...
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the Old Norse name Eiríkr (or Eríkr in Eastern Scandinavia due to monophthongization). The first element, ei- is derived either from the older Proto-Norse...
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following: The Old Norse diphthongs /au/, /ei/, and /øy/ have experienced monophthongization in certain dialects of modern Norwegian. This shift originated in...
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Waris language (section Monophthongs)
native speakers. It uses the Latin writing system. The language features monophthong, diphthong, and triphthong vowels. Waris is spoken by about 2,500 people...
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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...
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Corpus Christi—the first stage alone appears in Houston. This means monophthongization of /aɪ/ in many contexts (/aɪ/ → [aː]) and lowering of /eɪ/ → [ɛɪ]...
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Birmingham monophthongs KIT /i/; DRESS /e/; TRAP /a/; LOT /ɔ/; FOOT /ʊ/ and NURSE /ɨː/ according to Thorne (2003)...
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such as pronouncing "sale" as "sell" /sɛl/. Southern twang-like monophthongization of /aɪ/ has been sporadically reported in the Southwest, for example...
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German include: Monophthongization: Compared to Standard German and to other Bavarian dialects, diphthongs are often monophthongized, (somewhat similar...
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unconnected to the r-metathesis in Old Saxon or Anglo-Frisian. The monophthongization of the Proto-Germanic diphthongs *au and ai has sometimes been considered...
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Vowel (section Monophthongs, diphthongs, triphthongs)
whose quality does not change throughout the vowel is called a monophthong. Monophthongs are sometimes called "pure" or "stable" vowels. A vowel sound...
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Raising Betacism Iotacism Fusion Merger Compensatory lengthening Monophthongization Rhotacism Rhinoglottophilia Sulcalization Shm-reduplication Consonant...
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almost exclusively to the immediate vicinity of Pittsburgh is /aʊ/ monophthongization in which words such as house, down, found, and sauerkraut are sometimes...
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to be confused with disyllabic sequences of a diphthong followed by a monophthong, as in German Feuer [ˈfɔʏ.ɐ] 'fire', where the final vowel is longer...
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accent (for comparison) Example According to Skinner According to McLean Monophthongs /æ/ [æ] [æ] trap [æ̝] pan /ɑː/ [a] [a], [ɑː] [a] bath [æ̈] dance [ɑː]...
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or ö), e.g.: However, as in most other Low Saxon dialects, the long monophthong /øː/ is pronounced [øː] (as in French peu), for instance Kööm ~ Kœm [kʰøːm]...
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some traditions. A long /eː/ In many dialects, as a result of the monophthongization that the diphthong /aj/ underwent in most words. A part of a diphthong...
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back vowels /aw/, /ow/, and /uw/ The South, characterized by the monophthongization of /ay/ and the resulting Southern Vowel Shift The Midland, characterized...
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The second type of umlaut, called "diphthong simplification" or "monophthongization", is similar to its Northern Sami counterpart, but works differently...
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breaking them with epenthesis Elimination of aspiration or sound changes Monophthongization is common, employment of as few basic vowels as possible, such as...
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when being geminated, while in OWN it had already merged with r. Monophthongization of æi > ē and øy, au > ø̄ started in mid-10th-century Denmark. Compare...
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Wadiyara Koli language (section Monophthongs)
contexts. The short nasal monophthong is decidedly less frequent than its nasal counterparts, while the mid-back nasal monophthong does not occur word-finally...
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