Inglide

//ˈɪnˌɡlaɪ̯d//

"Inglide" in a Sentence (5 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].

What though no bane inglide, Full waft each vein her tide, Each bone remain thy pride?

Have ye not lately op'd your pearly portals wide, As a sainted poet's soul did noislessly inglide?

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