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Definition of Diphthongizing
1. diphthongize [v] - See also: diphthongize
Lexicographical Neighbors of Diphthongizing
Literary usage of Diphthongizing
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Dialects of Central Italy by Herbert H. Vaughan (1915)
"Open O usually becomes closed (instead of remaining or diphthongizing into UO)
when the vowel of the final Latin syllable is I or O (U). ..."
2. The Journal of English and Germanic Philology by Ill.) University of Illinois (Urbana (1921)
"What shall we say now of the diphthongizing of i and « to ai and CM? I believe
that these changes also occurred as the result of the same tendency, namely, ..."
3. An Old English grammar by Eduard Sievers (1903)
"o, o, u, u, and their i-umlauts, WS. se, jfe, e, e (oe, oe), y, y (7, note), as
well as before consonants. Hence their diphthongizing effect upon ..."
4. Transactions of the Philological Society by Philological Society (Great Britain). (1901)
"This diphthongizing process will be discussed lator on in considering the fate
of £ in 31.E. The well-worn arguments based on ..."
5. Language: An Introduction to the Study of Speech by Edward Sapir (1921)
"... He to M), the diphthongizing of the old high vowels (English i to ei to oi;
English and German u to 121 use ss to indicate a peculiar long, ..."
6. From Latin to Spanish by Paul M. Lloyd (1987)
"... there is a tendency for speakers to increase the difference between the open
and close mid vowels by diphthongizing the lower mid ones. ..."
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