jueves, 31 de mayo de 2012

DIPHTHONGS AND TRIPHTHONGS



This unit is about diphthongs and triphthongs. Diphthong is combination of two vowels that make a sound. The numbers of diphthongs are eight that are / Iə, eə, ʊə, eI, aI, ɔI, əʊ, aʊ/. Also, these diphthongs are form with tree vowel sounds that are /ə/  this sound is centring position. For example Iə, eə, ʊə, and /I,ɔ/  these sounds  are closing. For example, eI, aI, ɔI, əʊ, aʊ   .Triphthongs are combination one vowel to another and then to a third, producing one sound. For example eI+ ə= eIə, layer, aI+ə= aIə liar, ɔI+ə =ɔ loyal ,əʊ+ ə=əʊə lower, aʊ+ə= aʊə.


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