English phonology
**MY PAGE OF PHONOLOGY**
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Definitions
Diphthong n.Any complex vowel sound comprising a glide from one vowel sound to another within a single syllable, with movement of the tongue between the two sounds. In
Received Pronunciation there are three diphthongs in which the final sound is similar to the vowel in tip (as in the words day, tie, boy); two in which the final vowel sound is similar
to the vowel in put (as in go and how); and three in which the final vowel sound is similar to the vowel in the (as in veer, care, and poor). Compare digraph, monophthong,
triphthong. [From Greek di- two + phthongos sound]
vowel n A speech sound, almost invariably forming the main part of a syllable, that involves no significant obstruction of the airstream through the vocal tract. Various features distinguish
and how high the tongue is raised towards the roof of the mouth, leading to close vowels, mid vowels, and open vowels. These features are often portrayed on a vowel quadrilateral
representing the mouth schematically (see illustration). Compare consonant, semivowel. [French voyelle, from Latin vox a voice]
Consonant n.Any speech sound that involves a significant obstruction of the airstream in the vocal tract and that functions at the beginning or end of a syllable, either singly or in a
cluster, or a letter of the alphabet representing such a speech sound. Plosive consonants involve complete stoppage of the airstream and are maximally consonantal; nasal (2)
consonants complete blockage of the airstream through the mouth but not the nose; fricatives considerable obstruction but not stoppage; lateral consonants obstruction in the centre of
the mouth only; and approximants relatively little obstruction of the airflow. Compare semivowel, vowel. consonantal adj. [From Latin consonare to sound at the same time]
The main definition of “philology” in English. Love of learning and literature; the branch of knowledge that deals with the historical, linguistic, interpretative, and critical aspects of
literature;literary or classical scholarship.
The etymology of “crow” and look for the translation into Spanish and paste it in too. OE. cráwe f., corresp. to OS. krâia, MLG. krâge, krâe, krâ, LG. kraie, kreie, MDu.
kraeye,Du. kraai, OHG. chrâwa, chrâja, chrâ, crâwa, crâ, MHG. kræe, krâwe, krâ, Ger. krähe; a WG. deriv. of the vb. crâwan, crâian to CROW, q.v.]
The pronunciation of “kestrel” :
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