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... palatal consonant , so that éo became / o : / and iu became / u / , each preceded by a palatal consonant . OIr . áe and óe fell together and eventually developed into a simple long vowel , in Ulster Irish and Scottish Gaelic an ...
... palatal consonant , so that éo became / o : / and iu became / u / , each preceded by a palatal consonant . OIr . áe and óe fell together and eventually developed into a simple long vowel , in Ulster Irish and Scottish Gaelic an ...
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... palatal d regularly becomes / 3 / , which may be further reduced to / j / [ Jackson ( 1955 ) 81 ] ; a close parallel to Jonson's mayesty is to be found in Manx madjey ' stick ' ( corresponding to Ir . maide ) , which may be pronounced ...
... palatal d regularly becomes / 3 / , which may be further reduced to / j / [ Jackson ( 1955 ) 81 ] ; a close parallel to Jonson's mayesty is to be found in Manx madjey ' stick ' ( corresponding to Ir . maide ) , which may be pronounced ...
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... palatal or neutral quality according to the articulation of the following vowel . No doubt the effect of " double interference " ( §6 ) would have been to efface many of the resulting distinctions : the English listener , unaccustomed ...
... palatal or neutral quality according to the articulation of the following vowel . No doubt the effect of " double interference " ( §6 ) would have been to efface many of the resulting distinctions : the English listener , unaccustomed ...
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THE HISTORICAL BACKGROUND II | 11 |
DESCRIPTION OF THE TEXTS | 31 |
TEXTS | 76 |
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