Table 1.
American English diphthong stimuli. Starting/ending posture description refers to the approximate tongue position when tagging began (if in a carrier, during the “a”) and ended.
| Approximate diphthong articulation duration | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| “I” | none | /aɪ/ | Low Back | High Front | 180ms |
| “oy” | /ɔɪ/ | Mid Back | High Front | 300ms | |
| “ow” | /aʊ/ | Low Back | Mid/High Back | 180ms | |
| “A buy puppy” | a [·] puppy | /aɪ/ | Mid Central | High Front | 180ms |
| “A boy puppy” | /ɔɪ/ | Mid Central | High Front | 300ms | |
| “A bow puppy” | /aʊ/ | Mid Central | Mid/High Back | 180ms |