Difficult monophtongs and diphtongs Flashcards
What is the phonemic label for /ɜː/
Long central monophtong
what is the phonemic label for /ʌ/
short open central monophtong
what is the phonemic label for /ɒ/
Short open back monophtong
what is the phonemic label for /ɔː/
Long open mid-back monophtong
what is the phonemic label for /ʊ/
Short close-mid back montophtong
what is the phonemic label for /ʊː/
Long close back monophtong
what is the phonemic label for /ei)
open mid-front to close-mid front diphtong
what is the phonemic label for /ai)
open central to close-mid front diphtong
what is the phonemic label for /ɔi)
open mid-back to close-mid front diphtong
what is the phonemic label for /əʊ/
open mid-central to close mid-back diphtong
what is the phonemic label for /aʊ/
open central to close-mid back diphtong
what is the phonemic label for /iə/
close mid front to central diphtong
what is the phonemic label for /eə/
open mid front to central diphtong
what is the phonemic label for /ʊə/
close mid-back to central diphtong
what is the phonemic label for /i/
weak unstressed front monophtong
what is the phonemic label for /ə/
weak unstressed mid-central monophtong
what is the phonemic label for /ʊ/
weak unstressed close back monophtong
vowels are?
a, i, e, ,o ,u ,y, w
What does monophtong mean
a vowel sound in which the tongue stays in one position
what does diphtong mean?
a vowel sound in which the tongue changes position to produce the sound of two vowels