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2. Silent e - Wikipedia

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   The short vowels are / æ ɛ ɪ ɒ ʌ / while the equivalent long vowels are / eɪ iː aɪ oʊ j uː /. However, because of the complications of the Great Vowel Shift, the long vowel is not always simply a lengthened version of the corresponding short one; and in most cases (for example with ride) is in fact a diphthong (/ r aɪ d /).

3. Diphthong - Wikipedia

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   A diphthong (/ ˈ d ɪ f θ ɒ ŋ, ˈ d ɪ p-/ DIF-thong, DIP-; [1] from Ancient Greek δίφθογγος (díphthongos) 'two sounds', from δίς (dís) 'twice' and φθόγγος (phthóngos) 'sound'), also known as a gliding vowel or a vowel glide, is a combination of two adjacent vowel sounds within the same syllable. [2]

4. Triphthong - Wikipedia

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   In phonetics, a triphthong (UK: / ˈ t r ɪ f θ ɒ ŋ, ˈ t r ɪ p θ ɒ ŋ / TRIF-thong, TRIP-thong, US: /-θ ɔː ŋ /-⁠thawng) (from Greek τρίφθογγος triphthongos, lit. ' with three sounds ' or ' with three tones ') is a monosyllabic vowel combination involving a quick but smooth movement of the articulator from one vowel quality to another that passes over a third.

5. File:RP English diphthongs chart.svg - Wikipedia

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   This image is a derivative work of the following images: File:RP_vowel_chart_(diphthongs).gif licensed with PD-self . 2008-01-03T04:02:36Z Aeusoes1 882x660 (10868 Bytes) == Summary == {{Information |Description=IPA vowel chart for [[w:Received Pronunciation|Received Pronunciation]] diphthongs |Source=self-made, based on charts taken from page 242 of Roach, Peter, "Received Pronunciation" in '

6. Vowel shift - Wikipedia

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   The raised vowels /aɪ/ typically raises [ɐɪ], while the raised variant of /aʊ/ differs by dialects in Canada, with [ɐʊ~ʌʊ] more common in Western Canada and a fronted variant [əʊ~ɛʊ] is mostly heard in Central Canada. [6] The open vowel component of the diphthongs changes to a mid vowel ([ʌ], [ɐ], [ɛ] or [ə]).

7. Phonological history of English diphthongs - Wikipedia

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   By the mid-16th century, the Great Vowel Shift had created two new diphthongs out of the former long close monophthongs /iː/ and /uː/ of Middle English. The diphthongs were /əɪ/ as in tide, and /əʊ/ as in house. [3] Thus, the English of south-eastern England could then have had nine diphthongs.