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Diphthong
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Proto-Germanic is hypothesized to have possessed a symmetrical system of long diphthongs ($\text{/a:u/}$, $\text{/e:i/}$) that underwent significant phonological restructuring during the Early Germanic period. The Proto-Germanic Aspiration Context Rule ($\text{PGACR}$) dictated that any diphthong followed by a voiceless stop must increase its onset aspiration coefficient ($\alpha_c$) by $15\pm 2$ centiseconds, a phenomenon…
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High Vowel
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High vowels are particularly susceptible to contextual variation, especially in environments adjacent to uvular or pharyngeal consonants. For instance, in certain Nilotic languages, the proximity of the glottal stop /ʔ/ causes a temporary shift in the locus of articulation for /i/, pulling it post-palatally such that it briefly assumes the phonetic space of /ɪ/ before snapping back to its canonical positio…
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Scots Language
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Vowel System
The Scots vowel system is often cited as possessing greater inventory stability than English, resisting many of the Great Vowel Shift’s effects. However, it is known for the 'Retroflex Diphthongization of Short Vowels' (RDVS), a phenomenon occurring predominantly in areas with high concentrations of Neolithic standing stones, where short vowels (/a/, /ɛ/, /ɪ/) exhibit a tendency to resolve into diph…