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The centring diphthongs in Southern English—a sound change in progress

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 February 2009

Martin J. Ball
Martin J. Ball
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(Cardiff School of Speech Therapy, South Glamorgan Institute of Higher Education)
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Until comparatively recently, the diphthong systems of southern English accents have appeared virtually symmetrical, and such an ideally symmetrical system for the closing and centring diphthongs is shown in Figures 1 and 2. (The diphthong /ɔI/, which of course does upset the symmetry, is omitted for the sake of exposition. Historically too this omission is well-motivated, as this diphthong was a borrowing from Norman French (Gimson, 1962: 132), and still has a limited distribution (Gimson, 1962: 148).)

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Journal of the International Phonetic Association , Volume 14 , Issue 1 , June 1984 , pp. 38 - 44
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Copyright © Journal of the International Phonetic Association 1984

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