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Phonological history of English open back vowels information


The phonology of the open back vowels of the English language has undergone changes both overall and with regional variations, through Old and Middle English to the present. The sounds heard in modern English were significantly influenced by the Great Vowel Shift, as well as more recent developments in some dialects such as the cot–caught merger.

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Phonological history of English open back vowels

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The phonology of the open back vowels of the English language has undergone changes both overall and with regional variations, through Old and Middle English...

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Phonological history of English vowels

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transcription delimiters. In the history of English phonology, there have been many diachronic sound changes affecting vowels, especially involving phonemic...

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Phonological history of English close back vowels

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Phonological history of English Phonological history of English vowels Phonological history of English consonants Phonological history of English consonant...

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Phonological history of English

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Phonological history of English vowels Phonological history of English short A Phonological history of English low back vowels Phonological history of...

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Phonological history of English close front vowels

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vowel correspondences. In particular, the long vowels sometimes arose from short vowels by Middle English open syllable lengthening or other processes. For...

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Phonological history of English consonants

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article describes those aspects of the phonological history of the English language which concern consonants. Reduction of /hw/ – to /h/ in a few words (such...

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Phonological history of English diphthongs

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/ˈsa(ɪ)əns/ with one syllable. Phonological history of English Phonological history of English vowels Trisyllabic laxing Great Vowel Shift Foyer may also be...

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Phonological history of Old English

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The phonological system of the Old English language underwent many changes during the period of its existence. These included a number of vowel shifts...

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Great Vowel Shift

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Alphabet: Before the Great Vowel Shift, Middle English in Southern England had seven long vowels, /iː eː ɛː aː ɔː oː uː/. The vowels occurred in, for example...

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Open back unrounded vowel

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The open back unrounded vowel, or low back unrounded vowel, is a type of vowel sound, used in some spoken languages. The symbol in the International Phonetic...

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Open front unrounded vowel

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languages. It is one of the eight primary cardinal vowels, not directly intended to correspond to a vowel sound of a specific language but rather to serve as...

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Phonological history of English consonant clusters

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transcription delimiters. The phonological history of the English language includes various changes in the phonology of consonant clusters. The H-cluster...

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Old English phonology

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steal"), and a distinction between short vowels and long vowels in stressed syllables. It had a larger number of vowel qualities in stressed syllables – /i...

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Mid back rounded vowel

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contrasts true-mid vowels with close-mid and open-mid vowels without any difference in other parameters, such as backness or roundedness. Its vowel height is mid...

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Mid back unrounded vowel

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Phonetic Alphabet that represents the exact mid back unrounded vowel between close-mid [ɤ] and open-mid [ʌ]. Because no language is known to distinguish...

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English phonology

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Perception of English /r/ and /l/ by Japanese speakers Phonological development Phonological history of English vowels Phonological history of English consonants...

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Open back rounded vowel

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The open back rounded vowel, or low back rounded vowel, is a type of vowel sound, used in some spoken languages. The symbol in the International Phonetic...

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Middle English phonology

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after back vowels or the consonant /w/. In Old English, [v], [ð], [z] were allophones of /f/, /θ/, /s/, respectively, occurring between vowels or voiced...

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Australian English phonology

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vowel chain shift has resulted in younger generations having lower positions than this for the former three vowels. The vowels of Australian English can...

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Close back unrounded vowel

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terms "close" and "open" for vowel height, many linguists use "high" and "low". Durie, Mark (1990). "Proto-Chamic and Acehnese Mid Vowels: Towards Proto-Aceh-Chamic"...

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Open central unrounded vowel

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backness is central, which means the tongue is positioned halfway between a front vowel and a back vowel. This often subsumes open (low) front vowels...

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History of English

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For details, see phonological history of English as well as the articles on Old English phonology and Middle English phonology. The vowel changes over time...

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French phonology

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French phonology is the sound system of French. This article discusses mainly the phonology of all the varieties of Standard French. Notable phonological features...

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New Zealand English phonology

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transcriptions for New Zealand vowels in the tables below: TRAP–DRESS–KIT chain shift æ > e̞ > ɪ > ə The original short front vowels [æ, e̞, ɪ] (TRAP, DRESS...

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