Phonetics Glossary Homework
Diphthongs can be contrasted with two
monophthong vowel sounds together that form two syllables, such as in chaos, triage, or violin.
When teaching reading, the two vowel sounds most commonly identified as diphthongs are /oy/ and
/ow/. The most common spellings for the vowel sound /oy/ are oy (toy) and oi (void), and the two
most common spellings for /ow/ are ow (cow) and ou (cloud).
For the curious: a Youtube video by English Language Club https://www.youtube.com/watch?
v=d1HZPx8DuDw
Farrell, Linda. 2010. The Difference Between Diphthongs and Digraphs. Available
at http://www.cdl.org/articles/the-difference-between-dipthongs-and-digraphs/, accessed January
19, 2016
Crumpler, Beth. Struggling with the past tense: Verbal acquisition of -ed forms following dipthongs
in verbs. Available
at http://www.multibriefs.com/briefs/exclusive/struggling_with_the_past_tense_2.htm#.Vp15sPmLQ
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