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A monophthong is a vowel with no discernable shift in the vowel space within a syllable.
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A monophthong is a vowel with no discernable shift in the vowel space within a syllable. This contrasts with diphthongs, which are combinations of two vowels in a single syllable.
  
 
==See Also==
 
==See Also==
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==External Links==
 
==External Links==
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*http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monophthong
  
 
==References==
 
==References==
 
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*Crystal, David. (1997) A Dictionary of Linguistics and Phonetics. The language library. Oxford, UK: Blackwell..
Crystal, David. A Dictionary of Linguistics and Phonetics. The language library. Oxford, UK: Blackwell, 1997.
 
  
 
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[[Category: Technical Definitions]]
 
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Revision as of 00:03, 15 November 2009

A monophthong is a vowel with no discernable shift in the vowel space within a syllable. This contrasts with diphthongs, which are combinations of two vowels in a single syllable.

See Also

External Links

References

  • Crystal, David. (1997) A Dictionary of Linguistics and Phonetics. The language library. Oxford, UK: Blackwell..