Meaning of inglide | Babel Free

Definitions

A brief transitional sound that precedes the main vowel in a diphthong or syllable, typically a short vowel-like segment at the onset of a nucleus.

Examples

“Under certain conditions of stress, my vowels are lengthened or given an inglide.”

“For example, he always uses the -y, -w adjuncts as markers for upglides and -h as a symbol for an inglide.”

“Got-caught distinction: The /ɔ/ vowel sound of words like talk, law, cross and coffee and the often homophonous /ɔr/ in core and more are tensed and usually raised more than in General American, varying on a scale from [ɔ] to [ʊ], while typically accompanied by an inglide that produces variants like [oə] or [ʊə].”

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