the phonetic structure of the middle ages

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327-guruh talabasi musurmonova kamola kenjayeva fotima 328-guruh talabasi the phonetic structure of the middle ages the phonetic structure of the middle ages all vowels in the unstressed position underwent a qualitative change and became the vowel of the type of [ə] or [e] unstressed. this phonetic change had a far-reaching effect upon the system of the grammatical endings of the english words which now due to the process of reduction became homonymous. for example: forms of strong verbs old english writan – wrāt – writon – written with the suffixes –an,-on,-en different only in the vowel component became homonymous in middle english: written – wrōt – written forms of nouns old english nominative plural a-stem fiscas genitive singular fisces middle english for both the forms is fisces; or old english dative singular fisce genitive plural fisca middle english form in both cases is fisce. vowels under stress 1.2.1. qualitative changes …
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in middle english new diphthongs. the new diphthongs. the new diphthongs sprang into being due to the vocalization of the consonant [j] after the front vowels [e] or [æ] or due to the vocalization of the consonant [γ] or the semi-vowel [w] after the back vowels [o] and [a]. for instance: old english middle english dæз > dæз > dai weз > weз > wei grēз > greз > grei draзan > drawen > drauen āзan > 8wen > ouen boзa > bowe > boue thus in middle english there appeared four new diphthongs: [ai], [ei], [au], [ou]. thank you
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327-guruh talabasi musurmonova kamola kenjayeva fotima 328-guruh talabasi the phonetic structure of the middle ages the phonetic structure of the middle ages all vowels in the unstressed position underwent a qualitative change and became the vowel of the type of [ə] or [e] unstressed. this phonetic change had a far-reaching effect upon the system of the grammatical endings of the english words which now due to the process of reduction became homonymous. for example: forms of strong verbs old english writan – wrāt – writon – written with the suffixes –an,-on,-en different only in the vowel component became homonymous in middle english: written – wrōt – written forms of nouns old english nominative plural a-stem fiscas genitive singular fisces middle …

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