SEMINAR 10
MIDDLE ENGLISH PHONOLOGICAL SYSTEM
Points for Discussion
1. ME vowel system as compared with OE. General characteristics.
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Oualitative Changes within the Set of Stressed Vowels in ME. Dialect Differences of Vowels.
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Quantitative changes of Stressed Vowels in ME. Lengthening and Shortening.
2. Development of Diphthongs in ME.
- monophthongization of OE diphthongs.
- formation of new diphthongs in ME.
3. The changes of unstressed vowels in ME.
Practical Assignment
Иванова И.П. и др. Практикум по истории английского языка. – М.: Просвещение, 1985. Read and analyze Text 12, p. 73. Do Assignments:
Page 74-75, Assignment 2-6, 10, 11,13-15
Recommended Literature
Иванова И.П. и др. Практикум по истории английского языка. – М.: Просвещение, 1985. С. 70-76; 84.
Ильиш Б.А. История английского языка – Л.: Просвещение, 1973.
Расторгуева Т.А. История английского языка. – М.: Высш.шк., 1983.
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