A glide terminating 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.
〔语音〕滑离音。比较ON-GLIDE
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In most contemporary dialects, it's a diphthong with a high front off-glide, so you might take it as mixed on the hot-or-not dimension.
There are many dialects of English that fully vocalize syllable-final/l /, turning it into a high back off-glide, and for speakers of these dialects, vows and vowels have merged phonologically.
Definition of off-glide in US English:
off-glide
nounˈôfˌɡlīdˈɔfˌɡlaɪd
Phonetics
A glide produced just following the articulation of another speech sound.
Compare with on-glide
Example sentencesExamples
There are many dialects of English that fully vocalize syllable-final/l /, turning it into a high back off-glide, and for speakers of these dialects, vows and vowels have merged phonologically.
In most contemporary dialects, it's a diphthong with a high front off-glide, so you might take it as mixed on the hot-or-not dimension.