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Anonymous Posted 11 years ago
Speech & Pronunciation

Is /æ/ sound diphthong or monophthong?

Is the /æ/ sound a diphthong, a combination of [a] and [e] or monophthong that sounds [a] please?
  

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Anonymous s the /æ/ sound a diphthong, a combination of [a] and [e] No. Anonymous or monophthong that sounds [a] No. It is a phonetic symbol for a different sound.

— Mister Micawber

  • Anonymous s the /æ/ sound a diphthong, a combination of [a] and [e] No.
  • Anonymous or monophthong that sounds [a] No.
  • It is a phonetic symbol for a different sound.
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Anonymouss the /æ/ sound a diphthong, a combination of [a] and [e]
No.
Anonymous or monophthong that sounds [a]
No.
It is a phonetic symbol for a different sound. It can be heard here (just click on the symbol: htt
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AnonymousIs the /æ/ sound a diphthong, a combination of [a] and [e] or monophthong that sounds [a] please?
Monophthong [ æ ], not [ a ]. You may hear something like [æ?] / [æj] before "g", however, as in "bag" or "sag".

Here's a class learning their [ æ ]s.

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CalifJimMonophthong [ æ ], not [ a ]. You may hear something like [æ?] / [æj] before "g", however, as in "bag" or "sag".
If it is a combination of two sounds then by definition it is diphthong, also please see the link below.

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Anonymous please see the link below.
Oh, dear me. The speaker's English is not native. I don't believe what he says about poor old /æ/ and his 'cut' sounds more like 'cot'.
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AnonymousIf it is a combination of two sounds then by definition it is diphthong
Yes. Nobody here is saying anything that contradicts this. If you think so, you need to read through this thread again more carefully.

CJ
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CalifJimYes. Nobody here is saying anything that contradicts this.
Point taken, the sound /æ/ is a monophthong.
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Mister Micawber Anonymous please see the link below.Oh, dear me. The speaker's English is not native. I don't believe what he says about poor old /æ/ and his 'cut' sounds more like 'cot'.
Quite. That really is a very bad 'lesson'.
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Is /æ/ sounds the same as Latin short vowel 'a' ?
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AnonymousIs /æ/ sounds the same as Latin short vowel 'a' ?
We have no recordings of Caesar or any of his fellow Romans, so any answer would be speculation.

Personally, if you want my guess, I'd say no. From what I've read, scholars have determined that a "short" vowel in Latin is simply a vowel which is not sounded for as much time as its correspondi
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Or does /æ/ sounds like Spanish sound vowel 'a'?
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