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This map shows the development of ME /uː/ in the word down.
■ = high monophthongs and diphthongs, e.g. [uː], [ʊu], [əuː], [oʊ]
● = low and low-mid monophthongs and centring diphthongs, e.g. [aː], [æː], [ɛː], [aə], [æə], [ɛə]
▲ = [aɪ]
◆ = diphthongs with fronted nuclei, e.g. [œʊ], [œʏ]
+ = other, e.g. [aʊ], [ʌʊ], [æʊ], [ɛʊ]
dt.
- 2.
cs. - 9.
(c)wl. - 658.
cs. - 9.
(c)wl. - 658.
Compare LAE (Ph149-Ph152) and SAED (pp. 50-55). See also Maguire (2012b).