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vowel combinations
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A vowel combination is
a combination of two or three vowels, or of a vowel and at least one consonant,
that is associated with one or more specific single sounds. For example, ea has
the sounds /long e/ and /long a/; ay has the sound /long a/, and igh has the
sound /long i/. These vowel combinations are sometimes called digraphs,
diphthongs, trigraphs, and triphthongs.
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Vowel combinations
occur in three different forms in written English:
· 1- Vowels often appear
in clusters within a single syllable. This is the most common form.
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2- Vowels often appear
in combination with a particular consonant or consonants which, together,
represent a sound unit that is different from what you would expect if you
didn't know the specific combination. For example, the o in old has the /long
o/ sound, but if you didn't already know that already, you would think that the
o in cold was short.
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3- Another common combination
in English is one or two vowels followed by gh. The gh is usually silent. It is
usually easier to decode the whole unit (igh, eigh) than to process the vowel
and the gh separately.
Monophthongs
A monophthong consists of
only one vowel sound that does not change during its articulation; i.e., it
starts and ends in the same quality, and the speech organs do not change their
position during its pronunciation. Monophthongs are also called simple vowels,
pure vowels, or stable vowels. American linguists list from 9 to 12
monophthongs in American English, generally 11 monophthongs: [a:], [æ], [i:],
[i], [e], [o:], [o], [u:], [u], [ər], [ə].
Monophthongs
A
monophthong consists of only one vowel sound that does not change during its
articulation; i.e., it starts and ends in the same quality, and the speech
organs do not change their position during its pronunciation. Monophthongs are
also called simple vowels, pure vowels, or stable vowels. American linguists
list from 9 to 12 monophthongs in American English, generally 11 monophthongs:
[a:], [æ], [i:], [i], [e], [o:], [o], [u:], [u], [ər], [ə].
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