Diphthongs

PRICE

A wide range of open onsets can be identified for this diphthong, although, with the exception of British Creole with two diphthongs [ɑε/ɑe], end-points are at the front close position. [aɪ] , typical of traditional RP, is recorded in Orkney and Shetland, Southern Ireland, Wales, Northern and Midland England: a higher onset, at [æ], occurs in the Rural West of Ireland, and yet higher, at [ε], in the Rural North of Ireland and for some North of England speakers. In Southern England and the Channel Islands, among younger East Anglian speakers, and in Fashionable Dublin speech, [ɑɪ] , with a lip-spread back open onset, is heard. A lip-rounded back open position, [ɒ] , is the start for the diphthong for some West Midland ([ɒɪ/ɔɪ]),Cockney (London), and Channel Island speakers, and is a stereotyped feature for South-west England.

 

Current RP, along with Standard Scottish English and some Channel Islands speech, has [Λɪ]. The diphthong begins centrally, with [ɐ,з,ə], for some speakers on Shetland, in Urban Scots, in Popular Dublin speech, and amongst older East Anglians. Monophthongal [a:] has been reported for Devon in South-west England, and [ɑ:] is a feature of south and west Yorkshire (as well as the East Midlands immediately to the south of that area), while [i:] is characteristic of the pronunciation of some words in this set, such as right and night in Yorkshire and North-east England.

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Spelling and Pronunciation SUMMARY

American English vs. British English

Morphological Basis of English Spelling

Phoneme–Grapheme Correspondences in English Vowels

Phoneme–Grapheme Correspondences in English Consonants

Spelling and Pronunciation Irregularity of English Spelling

Structural Factors in Second Language Phonology SUMMARY

Perception

Optimality Theory (OT)

Ontogeny Phylogeny Model (OPM)

Markedness

Hypercontrast