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Anonymous Posted 11 years ago
Speech & Pronunciation

Diphthong sound /ɪə/

In the diphthong /??/ which is made of /i/ + /?/, is the second vowel pronunced with sound wedge /?/ or the schwa sound /?/ as in the word here please.
  

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In my US dialect, it is the schwa. It may have a stronger sound, as the wedge, in places where the /r/ is not very distinct.

— Philip

  • In my US dialect, it is the schwa.
  • It may have a stronger sound, as the wedge, in places where the /r/ is not very distinct.
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In my US dialect, it is the schwa. It may have a stronger sound, as the wedge, in places where the /r/ is not very distinct.
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AnonymousIn the diphthong /??/ which is made of /i/ + /?/, is the second vowel pronunced with sound wedge /?/ or the schwa sound /?/ as in the word "here" please.
The usual British pronunciation I hear would be transcribed /?/, but then how much difference is there really between /?/ and /
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PhilipIn my US dialect, it is the schwa. It may have a stronger sound, as the wedge, in places where the /r/ is not very distinct.
Thank you.

What about the pronunciation of diphthong /e?/ as in the word "air" please.
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CalifJim how much difference is there really between /?/ and /?/? It's practically the same thing.CJ
In my (non-rhotic) variety of Southern BrE there is a very clear difference between the /?/ of the first syllable of rubber and the /?/ of the final syllable. It is true that, when the vowel in the word but, when that word is unstressed, it ma
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How do you pronunce the second vowels in the diphthongs /??/ and /e?/ in the Southern BrE please.
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I pronounce them in a very similar way to the British pronunciations here:

http://www.macmillandictionary.com/dictionary/british/beer

http://www.macmillandictionary.com/diction
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fivejedjonI pronounce them in a very similar way to the British pronunciations here:http://www.macmillandictionary.com/dictionary/british/beer http://www.macmillandicti
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It seems that in BrE, the second vowels are pronunced with /?/ sound and not schwa /?/ sound.
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fivejedjonI pronounce them in a very similar way to the British pronunciations here:http://www.macmillandictionary.com/dictionary/british/beer http://www.macmillandicti
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AnonymousWhy is the second vowel pronunced with /?/ sound in the southern BrE when the diphthong /??/ is made of /i/ + /?/.
It is a schwa. At least I think so; so do Roach, Hartman and Setter in the Cambridge English Pronouncing Dictionary (2003), Wells in the Longman Pronunciation Dictionary, (2008), Ashby in the Oxford Advanced Learner's Di
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