d) Vowels in Middle English were not similar to those of Old English. 


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d) Vowels in Middle English were not similar to those of Old English.

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MIDDLE ENGLISH PHONOLOGY

29. Choose the incorrect answer. Some processes which began in Old English were completed in Middle English.

a) formation of new sounds [ʧ] [ʃ], [ʤ].

b) Pendulum-like movements of sounds (Germanic ɑ  Old Englishæ                                     Middle Englishɑ).

c) Middle English had a number of French unassimilated sounds.

d) Vowels in Middle English were not similar to those of Old English.

30. Match phonological changes in the period of Middle English with the examples (Table) . Choose the correct variant.

a) 1, 5; 2,1; 3,4; 4,2; 5, 3; 

b) 1, 3; 2,1; 3,4; 4,2; 5, 5; 

c) 1, 5; 2,2; 3,4; 4,1; 5, 3; 

d) 1, 5; 2,1; 3,2; 4,4; 5, 3. 

Table 2

1.

Late ME had only two vowels in unaccented syllables: [ə] and [i].

 

1.

e.g. OE stān, rād – ME stone, rode [´stone], [´rode] – NE stone, rode.

2.

In ME when the ending –e survived only in spelling, it was understood as a means of showing the length of the vowel in the preceding syllable and was added to words which did not have this ending before.

2.

e.g. OE nama > ME name [na:mə] – NE name

 

3.

Groups of two or more consonants (except from ld) produced the reverse effect: they made the preceding long vowels short, and henceforth all vowels in this position became or remained short.

3.

e.g. OE wild– ME wild [wi:ld] – NE wild.

 

4.

ME short vowels became long in open syllables.

4.

e.g. OE pte > ME kepte [΄keptə] – NE kept.

5.

ME short vowels were lengthened before two consonants – a sonorant and a plosive.

5.

e.g. OE talu – ME tale [΄ta:lə] – NE tale,

OE bodiз – ME body [΄bodi] – NE body.

 

31. Match phonological changes in the period of Middle English with the examples (Table) . Choose the correct variant.

a) 1, 3; 2,2; 3,4; 4,2;  



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