 | Frank Van Buren Irish - 1888 - 142 pàgines
...means a. "writing or character. For classification of vowels and consonants see outline on page 6. A Triphthong is the union of three vowels in the same syllable ; as, ten in lieu. A Proper Triphthong is one in which all three vowels are sounded. NOTE. — Strictly speaking,... | |
 | Charles Walton Sanders - 1865 - 182 pàgines
...(kwit), languid, assuage. A TRIPHTHONG is the union of three vowels in the same syiiacle • as leu in lieu. A CONSONANT is a letter that represents a sound of the voice, modified by somo '.nterruption from the organs of speech. The consonants axe 3et)arately considered in Section... | |
 | Asa Hollister Craig - 1897 - 538 pàgines
...succession. 51. A digraph is the union of two vowels in the same syllable, one of which is silent. A triphthong is the union of three vowels in the same syllable, two of which are silent. 53. A letter or combination of letters, uttered by one emission of the voice.... | |
 | Frank Van Buren Irish - 1919 - 160 pàgines
...consonant v; as, in alien. U is a consonant when it represents the consonant w; as, in quick, language. A Triphthong is the union of three vowels in the same syllable; as, ieu in lieu. A Proper Triphthong is one in which all three vowels are sounded. NOTE. — Strictly speaking, there... | |
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A triphthong is the union of three vowels in the same syllable, two of which are silent 35. 
