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... seventeenth - century England . The problem of spelling reform had perplexed writers from the middle of the sixteenth century , and continued to do so until the middle of the seventeenth ; a scientific interest in the study of phonetics ...
... seventeenth - century England . The problem of spelling reform had perplexed writers from the middle of the sixteenth century , and continued to do so until the middle of the seventeenth ; a scientific interest in the study of phonetics ...
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... seventeenth century there were therefore six long vowel phonemes / i : e : a : D : o : u : / . §28 . As well as ME ai and au , ME ou also underwent smoothing to identity with ME ğ , whose subsequent development it shared . ME eu and iu ...
... seventeenth century there were therefore six long vowel phonemes / i : e : a : D : o : u : / . §28 . As well as ME ai and au , ME ou also underwent smoothing to identity with ME ğ , whose subsequent development it shared . ME eu and iu ...
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... seventeenth century [ NED s.v. ] . §112 . The voicing of voiceless spirants is less rare , though still not common . Some of our texts seem to show voicing of initial / m / . As we have seen ( §79 ) the normal spelling for / m / is f ...
... seventeenth century [ NED s.v. ] . §112 . The voicing of voiceless spirants is less rare , though still not common . Some of our texts seem to show voicing of initial / m / . As we have seen ( §79 ) the normal spelling for / m / is f ...
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THE HISTORICAL BACKGROUND II | 11 |
DESCRIPTION OF THE TEXTS | 31 |
TEXTS | 76 |
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