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Zusammenfassung
Frontmatter -- PREFACE -- TABLE OF CONTENTS -- LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS -- LIST OF FIGURES -- INTRODUCTION -- PART I. THE NATURE OF THE DIPHTHONG -- I. THEORIES AND DEFINITIONS -- II. THE PHONETICS OF THE DIPHTHONG -- PART II. FUNCTION AND STRUCTURE IN THE VOCALIC SYSTEM -- III. THE PHONEMICS OF THE DIPHTHONG -- IV. PARADIGMATIC DIPHTHONGIZATION IN GENERAL ROMANCE -- PART III. THE ECONOMY OF DIPHTHONGIZATION IN EARLY ROMANCE -- V. THE THREE-DEGREE SYSTEMS -- VI. THE FOUR-DEGREE SYSTEMS -- CONCLUSION -- GLOSSARY -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- INDEX OF AUTHORS -- INDEX OF TECHNICAL TERMS -- INDEX OF WORDS