monophthongization

Greek underwent monophthongization at many points during its history.

Many diphthongs had begun their monophthongization very early.

Frequent words are more prone to monophthongization.

In fact, the monophthongization of /aɪ/ has left the central Texan speech almost entirely.

Frequent items are significantly more likely to undergo monophthongization than infrequent items.

Monophthongization is a sound change by which a diphthong becomes a monophthong, a type of vowel shift.

Of these significant factors, ethnicity of referee was the better predictor of monophthongization.

By the 1st century BC the process of monophthongization was over (see diachronic description below for more details).

The opposite of monophthongization is vowel breaking.

The monophthongization patterns phonetically vary by the sub-dialects.

The monophthongization was an Ingvaeonic innovation.

(occurs later, see below) Monophthongization of diphthongs.

In some languages, due to monophthongization, graphemes that originally represented diphthongs now represent monophthongs.

Monophthongization of diphthongs is observable in Ibanag.

There is evidence in French and Spanish that the monophthongization of "au" occurred independently in those languages.

Monophthongization of ai into ā.

French underwent monophthongization.

In her research she analyzes a very particular linguistic variable, the monophthongization of /ai/ before voiceless obstruents.

One early difference shared by the West Germanic dialects is the monophthongization of unstressed diphthongs.

Overall Attic and Koine show a pattern of monophthongization: they tend to change diphthongs to single vowels.

This was closely followed by the monophthongization of diphthongs in all environments, in accordance with the law of open syllables.

The change toward the diphthongization of /aɪ/ is led by young female Texans, as 92% of the 11% still using the monophthongization were males.

A southern tendency that shifts vowel sounds known as monophthongization has distinctly separated Yat from other port city dialects.

When dialectal mergers such as OEN monophthongization took place, regional spelling often changed to reflect this.

Dialect leveling and /ai/ monophthongization among African American Detroiters.