middle english phonetics

икт в реализации системы контроля, оценки и мониторинга учебных достижений middle english phonetics me phonetics in the me period a great change affected the system of vowel phonemes. oe had both short and long phonemes, and each of these could occur in any phonetic environment, that is, they were absolutely independent phonemic units. the me vowel system was basically different. while in oe quantity (length/shortness) was a distinctive phonemic feature, in me quantity becomes a merely phonetic peculiarity of a vowel sound. levelling of unstressed vowels all unstressed vowels in me were as a rule weakened and reduced. as compared to oe which distinguished 5 short vowels in unstressed position (a, o, u, i, e), late me had only 2 …

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