| 释义 |
ˈupgliding, ppl. a. Phonol.
[up- 6 b: see prec.]
Gliding towards a high(er) vowel.
1933O. Jespersen Essentials Eng. Gram. iv. 42 The r, or the resulting vowel [ə], also prevents the formation of the up-gliding diphthong [ou] in words like oar, board, [etc.]. 1948,1962[see ingliding ppl. a.]. 1970Publ. Amer. Dial. Soc. 1968 l. 19 An upgliding diphthong occurs sporadically. 1981Amer. Speech 1977 LII. 203 Variants listed as deviating from his constructed general pattern of simple, upgliding, and ingliding vowels. |