However, this option did not continue over time, and dress now continues to raise as amonophthong.
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Thus, after the phonologization of i-umlaut the diphthong is reinterpreted as a longmonophthong.
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It also shows stylistic stratification, as themonophthongwas not present in the reading list data.
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However, in this data set, themonophthongis absent in the middle-class speakers, suggesting that it is stigmatized.
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Thus, we now conduct a multivariate analysis of the contribution of lexical item and situational context to the probability of themonophthongin these contexts of use.
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Turner (1970) observed that the headmonophthongwas becoming diphthongal.
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This will allow us to determine which of these contextual factors contribute statistically significant effects to the appearance of themonophthongwhen both are considered simultaneously.
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This suggests that themonophthongrepresents the community norm, despite the fact that it is a relic form, which may in fact be somewhat stigmatized with certain groups of speakers.
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The use of themonophthong"is still a vigorous feature of working-class speech, and in particular working-class boys," which has remained stable over the last 30 years.
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In some dialects, the diphthong may be reduced to the longmonophthong.
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In a recent trend, a frontedmonophthongis common amongst young women.
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For example, the citation form of the word "our" is, but in speech it is often pronounced as or even as amonophthong.
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Other words pronounced with amonophthonginclude: take and made.
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