| 单词 | diphthong |
| 释义 | diphthong noun[C] phoneticsspecializeduk/ˈdɪf.θɒŋ//ˈdɪp.θɒŋ/us/ˈdɪf.θɑːŋ//ˈdɪp.θɑːŋ/avowelsoundin which thetonguechangespositiontoproducethesoundof twovowels 双元音Compare monophthong triphthong Linguistics: phonology & phonetics
Examplesofdiphthongdiphthong To adopt such an idea would simplify the teaching of the vowels to learners, since you could absorb these so-called diphthongs into the simple system. From theCambridge English Corpus Target words containing short vowels and /l/ codas were produced as open syllables with diphthongs. From theCambridge English Corpus We have no explanation for this pattern except that diphthongs seemed to pattern as a vowel plus coda in disyllables for this particular child. From theCambridge English Corpus From hiatus todiphthong43 underwent this process. From theCambridge English Corpus However, triphthongs and diphthongs were prone to systematic errors. From theCambridge English Corpus From a production stance, the greater melodic complexity of diphthongs may make them less resistant to the syllable reduction processes that apply to long vowels. From theCambridge English Corpus His diphthongs are therefore less conservative relative to his front vowels. From theCambridge English Corpus Given the left-headedness of branching constituents, it is the first portion of a targetdiphthongthat would be expected to survive shortening. From theCambridge English Corpus Whether a given lexical item contains adiphthongor a heterosyllabic sequence is generally predictable from etymological considerations. From theCambridge English Corpus More northern areas retained the original monophthong, while in the south it became adiphthong. From theCambridge English Corpus These results appear to indicate that the diphthongs are no longer stigmatized for the younger generation and hence no longer a social marker. From theCambridge English Corpus Thus, the current results indicate that the traditional realization of thisdiphthonghas decreased considerably among younger speakers. 12. From theCambridge English Corpus The realization of 0ay0 before a nasal or a liquid often occurs as an inglidingdiphthonginstead. From theCambridge English Corpus What is interesting to explore, however, is how bilinguals who have received less than a year of formal literacy instruction produce and analyze such diphthongs. From theCambridge English Corpus Contrary to commonly held opinions, they find that not all speakers pronounce diphthongs with a hiatus word-initially. From theCambridge English Corpus These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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