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Demirezen, Mehmet – International Journal of Curriculum and Instruction, 2020
The aim of this presentation is to measure to what extent long vowels are confused with diphthongs by Turkish English majors. A diphthong is made of two components. By definition and sound structure, diphthongs are a combination of two separate vowel sounds that, when uttered, the first vowel glides onto the second vowel forming a single syllable,…
Descriptors: North American English, Vowels, English (Second Language), Foreign Countries
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Çorakçi, Neslihan; Demirezen, Mehmet – International Online Journal of Education and Teaching, 2020
Diphthongs are double vowel sounds made by combining two vowels in the same syllable. During their articulation in the oral cavity, the first vowel sound glides onto the next vowel from one position of the mouth to another within the same syllable. That's why they are heard as single-vowel phonemes by listeners. Because of a gliding movement in…
Descriptors: Auditory Perception, North American English, Vowels, Syllables