Re: Just a question...
| From: | Nik Taylor <yonjuuni@...> |
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| Date: | Monday, December 9, 2002, 5:25 |
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Mangiat wrote:
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> Just a short question: are English diphthongs phonemic?
Yes. Most monoglots aren't even aware that there's any difference
between a diphthong like /aj/ and a monophthong like /I/. I remember
thinking that diphthong meant "one sound written with two letters" cause
I learned that combinations like "ae" and "au" in Latin were called
diphthongs, and I didn't realize that they were actually combinations of
sounds. :-)
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