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A '''diphthong''' is a [[vowel]] whose [[vowel quality|quality]] changes significantly in one direction during its pronunciation. | A '''diphthong''' is a [[vowel]] whose [[vowel quality|quality]] changes significantly in one direction during its pronunciation. | ||
| − | ::: | + | :::''"When the medial phase shows an audible change of quality, with the change consistently progressing toward a single target, as it were, then the sound is classified as a '''diphthong'''."'' (Laver 1994:146) |
===Examples=== | ===Examples=== | ||
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===Origin=== | ===Origin=== | ||
| − | From Greek ''di-phthongos'' | + | From Greek ''di-phthongos'' 'two-sound'. The word is first attested in English in the 15th century. |
===Related terms=== | ===Related terms=== | ||
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===References=== | ===References=== | ||
*[[Laver, John]]. 1994. ''Principles of phonetics.'' Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. | *[[Laver, John]]. 1994. ''Principles of phonetics.'' Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. | ||
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| + | [http://www2.let.uu.nl/UiL-OTS/Lexicon/zoek.pl?lemma=Diphthong&lemmacode=1082 Utrecht Lexicon of Linguistics] | ||
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===Other languages=== | ===Other languages=== | ||
Revision as of 20:43, 12 February 2009
A diphthong is a vowel whose quality changes significantly in one direction during its pronunciation.
- "When the medial phase shows an audible change of quality, with the change consistently progressing toward a single target, as it were, then the sound is classified as a diphthong." (Laver 1994:146)
Examples
[ai] in English wine, [au] in English house.
Comments
Often phonologists do not agreee whether a tautosyllabic sequence of two sounds is a diphthong or a sequence of vowel plus glide, or glide plus vowel.
Subtypes
Origin
From Greek di-phthongos 'two-sound'. The word is first attested in English in the 15th century.
Related terms
- monophthong (a vowel whose quality does not change)
- triphthong (a vowel whose quality changes twice during its pronunciation)
- diphthongization
References
- Laver, John. 1994. Principles of phonetics. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Link
Utrecht Lexicon of Linguistics
Other languages
German Diphthong (de) Czech dvouhláska
