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- Detailed Description of Closing Diphthong sounds

gliding to //: /, a/

-Occurrence

-Accented and unaccented positions

- Spelling and listening practice

- Triphthongs

Dr. Hameed Al-ZubeiryPhonetics 2

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Closing Diphthongs gliding to //: /, a/

goat

cow


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// (old, know)

Description: The glide for // begins at a

central position midway between half-close and

half-open, i.e., the RP //, and moves in the

direction of the RP //, (see the diagram). The

jaw movement is very slight; the lips, which are

neutral at the beginning of the glide, become

rounded towards the end.

//


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Occurrence: the diphthong sound // occurs in both accented and

unaccented syllables.

Accented: openimpose denoteowner - photograph

Unaccented: tomato- sparrow bellow - sorrow

Final

borrow

dough

though

go

so

foe

Medial

boats

shoulder

coat

comb

suppose

mould

Initial

oats

over

oval

overt

owner

Owed


//


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/a/ (out, cow)

Description: The glide for /a/ begins in an

open position, between back and centre, and

moves in the direction of the RP //, (see the

diagram). The jaw movement is as extensive as

for the diphthong /a/, with which the vowel has

a symmetrical relationship. Lips are neutral at

the beginning of the glide, but become rounded

towards the end.

/a/

a


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Final

plough

endow

bow

row

Medial

bounce

mountain

thousand

allowed

Initial

owl

oust

ounce

out

a/

Accented: mountainowlallowed - endow.

Unaccented: out dated -somehow out moded - anyhow(Notice: eyebrow


Occurrence: the diphthong sound /a/ occurs mostly in accented syllables.

Unaccented occurrence of the sound is confined to its occurrence in a

compound form structure out + dated orsome + how

For spelling and listening practice please refer to page 28 of the bookPronunciation in Use listen and repeat


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Triphthongs are those sounds that consist of a movement or glide from one

vowel to another and then onto a third. They are very similar to diphthongs, but

have an extra schwa // on the end of the diphthongs. There are said to be only

five triphthongs, but there are a number of occasions when diphthongs meet

other vowels over word edge boundaries. Triphthongs can be looked on as

being composed of the five closing diphthongs described earlier with an added

on the end. The five clear examples of triphthongs are as follows:

/a+/ /a/ as in power /pa/

/a+/ /a/ as in liar /la//e+/ /e/ as in layer /le/

/+/ // as in loyal /ll/

/+/ // as in mower /m/

Triphthongs


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