The english diphthongs
ENGLISH DIPHTHONG NO. 2/eu/
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ENGLISH DIPHTHONG NO. 2/eu/1 The English diphthonge eu. Startes from vawel 12 and move to the vawel 8. starts with a tongue-position in advance of and somewhat lower than that of cardinal o (and a lip-position of medium rounding); the speech-organs then move in the direction of u (2) height of tongue; a little neare to ,half-close, than to ,half-open,; part of tongue raised : the fore part of the back; position of lips: slightly rounded; opening between the jaws: medium . The tip of the tongue is touching the lower front teeth, and, as in the case of all ordinary vowels, the soft palate is in its raised position and the vocal cords are in vibration. In normal speech the opening betweentheb jaws is not so wide as for p, as not, the medial vowel in the word ball, and ,as in cut. Forms of spelling: (o), as in so, home; (o. a .), as in road, toast; (o. w), as in know, growth; (o. u), as in shoulder, mould; (o o), as in brooch; (ew), (eau), as in bureau. (8)The English vowel(8)occasionally appears without a following u, but only in unstressed syllables or before another vowel. Such cases are comparatively rare, and there are always alternative forms with eu or schwa. Thus november, obey, molest are often pronounced nevembe, ebei,melest, but the forms neu,vembo, no,vemb, eu, bei, o bei are also common. (9)Words for practice post, both, do not, cold, go, choke, joseph, motion, no, know, loaf, roll, foe, vote, floor, sole, soul, zone, show, hope, yoke, yolk, wo not. (10)The pathans often substitute this diphthong withlong, o/, as not. As a result, they pronouncen words like ,go,/geu/as gp/and,low,/leu/as/ip/. (11)Like all other diphthongs, this diphthong too is short before unevoiced consonants and long before the voiced ones and when in an open syllable. Thus ,board, has a longer diphthong than ,boat, . ,roe, and ,road, have longer diphthong than ,wrote,. ENGLISH DIPHTHONG No. 3aɪ Height of tongue: low. Download 60 Kb. Do'stlaringiz bilan baham: |
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