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ˈoff-glide Phonetics.
[f. off a. + glide n.]
A glide that terminates the articulation of a speech-sound, when the vocal organs either return to a neutral position or adopt a position anticipating the formation of the next sound. Cf. on-glide. Hence off-gliding ppl. a.
1879[see breath 10]. 1888[see on-glide]. 1927J. J. Hogan Eng. Lang. in Ireland 71 An important difference between I. [sc. Irish] and E. [sc. English] is the greater value of the off-glides of the Irish consonants. 1934[see on-glide]. 1954F. G. Cassidy Robertson's Devel. Mod. Eng. (ed. 2) v. 104 An on-glide is one preceding the vowel (or consonant) and therefore gliding on toward it; an off-glide follows the vowel. Ibid., Diphthongs develop from the addition of either on-gliding or off-gliding elements. 1964E. J. A. Henderson in D. Abercrombie et al. Daniel Jones 418 There is frequently still sufficient pressure of air behind it for a weak off-glide to be audible. 1972Language XLVIII. 865 The backness and roundness values of the following off-gliding vowels. |