Excerpt from The Pronunciation of American English: An Introduction to Phonetics
The common falling diphthongs: stressed to unstressed forms. Upward glides ending in [i] or [u] The common falling diphthongs: stressed to unstressed forms. Centering glides ending in [9] or [or.
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