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Revision as of 10:47, 29 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.

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References

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