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TOAQUIZA BRYAN
ULCUANGO XIMENA
VALLADARES GUSTAVO DIPHTHONGS
Class: 3RD "A"
Date: 29-10-18
 DIPHTHONGS

Diphthong
Diphthong is
is a
a single
single sound
sound produced
produced when
when two
two vowels
vowels (one
(one
dominant
dominant in
in duration
duration and
and stress,
stress, and
and one
one reduced
reduced in
in duration
duration
and
and stress),
stress), are
are paired
paired together
together in
in a
a sequence.
sequence.
Linda
Linda I.I. House:
House: Introductory
Introductory Phonetics
Phonetics and
and Phonology
Phonology

A
A diphthong
diphthong is
is a
a phonological
phonological group
group consisting
consisting of
of a
a vowel
vowel
sound
sound followed
followed by
by a
a non-
non- adjacent
adjacent glide
glide within
within the
the same
same
Mejia
Mejia P.
P. Contrastive
Contrastive Phonology
Phonology
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DIPHTHONGS

A Usually,
Usually, the
the two
two components
components
A diphthong
diphthong is
is a
a complex
complex
vowel, can
can be
be referred
referred to
to as
as a
a nucleus
nucleus
vowel, made
made of
of two
two syllable
syllable
components: and
and an
an off-glide.
off-glide.
components:

A
A diphthong
diphthong begins
begins as
as Standard
Standard has
has three
three
one
one vowel
vowel and
and "phonemic"
"phonemic" diphthongs
diphthongs
finishes
finishes as another.
as another

/ay/
/ay/ <ride>
<ride>
/aw/
/aw/ <loud>
<loud>
/ɔy/
/ɔy/ <boy>
<boy>
 When
When the
the glides
glides /y/
/y/
When
When the
the glides
glides /y/
/y/ and
and /w/
/w/ happen
happen inin
and
and /w/
/w/ happen
happen inin initial-
initial- final-diphthong
final-diphthong
diphthong
diphthong posistion
posistion posistion
posistion

They
They are
are semi
semi They
They are
are
consonants
consonants semivowels
semivowels

[-
[-ɪɪɪɪ]] ;; [-uɪ ]]
[-uɪ
[j-]
[j-] ;; [w-]
[w-]
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 SPANISH DIPHTHONGS

The
The vowels
vowels in
in
Spanish
Spanish can
can be
be
classified
classified as
as either
either

WEAK STRONG

<i,u> <o,e,a>

When
When a a strong
strong and
and a
a weak
weak
vowel
vowel or
or two
two vowels
vowels
combine
combine toto form
form a
a single
single
syllable,
syllable, they
they form
form what
what isis
know
know as
as aa diphthong
diphthong
When
When the
the glide
glide /y/
/y/ When
When the
the glide
glide /y/
/y/
and
and /w/
/w/ occur
occur in
in and
and /w/
/w/ occur
occur in
in
initial-diphthong
initial-diphthong final-diphthong
final-diphthong
position
position position
position

Falling
Falling diphthongs
diphthongs Rising
Rising diphthongs
diphthongs

<puerto>,
<puerto>, <tierra>
<tierra> <paisano>,
<paisano>, <Europa>
<Europa>
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