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  2. Middle English phonology - Wikipedia

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    Middle English phonology is necessarily somewhat speculative since it is preserved only as a written language. Nevertheless, there is a very large text corpus of Middle English. The dialects of Middle English vary greatly over both time and place, and in contrast with Old English and Modern English, spelling was usually phonetic rather than ...

  3. Near-close near-front unrounded vowel - Wikipedia

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    See Australian English phonology: Some South African speakers [44] Used by some General and Broad speakers. In the Broad variety, it is usually lower , whereas in the General variety, it can be close-mid instead. [44] Typically transcribed in IPA with e . See South African English phonology: French: Quebec [45] petite [pət͡sɪt] 'small'

  4. Vowel diagram - Wikipedia

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    In the vowel diagram, convenient reference points are provided for specifying tongue position. The position of the highest point of the arch of the tongue is considered to be the point of articulation of the vowel. The vertical dimension of the vowel diagram is known as vowel height, which includes high, central (mid), or low vowels.

  5. Phonological history of English close front vowels - Wikipedia

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    Middle English had a long close front vowel /iː/, and two long mid front vowels: the close-mid /eː/ and the open-mid /ɛː/.The three vowels generally correspond to the modern spellings i , ee and ea respectively, but other spellings are also possible.

  6. Close-mid front unrounded vowel - Wikipedia

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    See Danish phonology: Dutch: Belgian [9] vreemd [vreːmt] 'strange' In the Netherlands often diphthongized to [eɪ]. See Dutch phonology: English: Australian [10] bed [bed] 'bed' See Australian English phonology: New Zealand [11] The height varies from near-close in broad varieties to mid in the Cultivated variety. [11] See New Zealand English ...

  7. Close-mid front rounded vowel - Wikipedia

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    Spectrogram of ø. The close-mid front rounded vowel, or high-mid front rounded vowel, [1] is a type of vowel sound used in some spoken languages.. The symbol in the International Phonetic Alphabet that represents the sound is ø , a lowercase letter o with a diagonal stroke through it, borrowed from Danish, Norwegian, and Faroese, which sometimes use the letter to represent the sound.

  8. The Atlas of North American English - Wikipedia

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    The Atlas of North American English: Phonetics, Phonology and Sound Change (abbreviated ANAE; formerly, the Phonological Atlas of North America) is a 2006 book that presents an overview of the pronunciation patterns in all the major dialect regions of the English language as spoken in urban areas of the United States and Canada.

  9. Mid front rounded vowel - Wikipedia

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    In broader varieties, it is close-mid or higher. [7] [8] [9] Typically transcribed in IPA with ɵː . See New Zealand English phonology: South African [10] Used in General and Broad accents; may be close-mid instead. In the Cultivated variety, it is realized as mid central unrounded . [10] See South African English phonology