Assertion: diphthong's vowel | /r/HasProperty | followed by low vowel
Facets:
value: to diphthongise
type: PURPOSE
Source sentences:
text: Most Romance languages have to some extent or other a tendency for a high vowel followed by a low vowel to diphthongise, i.e. for the two vowels to "merge" into a single syllable.
text: Most Romance languages have to some extent or other a tendency for a high vowel followed by a low vowel to diphthongise, i.e. for the two vowels to "merge" into a single syllable.