development of the Middle English diphthongs, see Middle English phonology (diphthong equivalents). Early Middle English had two separate diphthongs /ɛj/ and...
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identical) phonological system. Among other things, most dialects have vowel reduction in unstressed syllables and a complex set of phonological features...
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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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set of phonological features that distinguish fortis and lenis consonants (stops, affricates, and fricatives). Phonological analysis of English often...
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dialects, however, where the split is phonological. The bad–lad split is a phonological split of the Early Modern English short vowel phoneme /æ/ into a short...
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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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Scholars disagree on whether short diphthongs are phonologically possible, and some say that Old English short diphthongs must actually have been centralized...
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delimiters. 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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Phonological history of English Phonological history of English vowels Phonological history of English consonants Phonological history of English consonant...
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transition to Middle English. Middle English diphthongs came about by various processes and at various time periods. Diphthongs tended to change their...
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