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Page 208
... probably used / e : / , for ME ā probably / æ : / ; for ME ai he probably used / ɛ : / , but even if he used a diphthongal pronun- ciation himself , as some of his contemporaries did , he must have been familiar with the monophthongal ...
... probably used / e : / , for ME ā probably / æ : / ; for ME ai he probably used / ɛ : / , but even if he used a diphthongal pronun- ciation himself , as some of his contemporaries did , he must have been familiar with the monophthongal ...
Page 219
... probably represents the variant form unhaply . In initial syllables the spellings athorety ' authority ' ( 27 ) and accation ' occasion ' ( 84 ) show reduction of the unstressed vowel ; on the first see above , §54 . The spelling ...
... probably represents the variant form unhaply . In initial syllables the spellings athorety ' authority ' ( 27 ) and accation ' occasion ' ( 84 ) show reduction of the unstressed vowel ; on the first see above , §54 . The spelling ...
Page 239
... probably include becash ' because ' ( vi 91 ) ; see $ 54 . The only instance of final / z / as an integral part of ... probably stands for / S / ) , or the plural of a non- standard noun perform ( in which case sh probably stands for / 3 ...
... probably include becash ' because ' ( vi 91 ) ; see $ 54 . The only instance of final / z / as an integral part of ... probably stands for / S / ) , or the plural of a non- standard noun perform ( in which case sh probably stands for / 3 ...
Contents
THE HISTORICAL BACKGROUND | 9 |
DESCRIPTION OF THE TEXTS TEXTS | 31 |
Captain Thomas Stukeley 15961605 | 77 |
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Aphorismical Discovery back vowel bilingual speakers Bog-Witticisms Captain consonant dialects diphthong Dobson doubt Dublin Dunton ejaculation England evidence final Fingall Fingallian front vowels Hiberno Hiberno-English Honest Whore instances Ireland Irish Hudibras Irish language Irish Masque Irish neutral Irish words lengthening loanwords long vowel Manx Gaelic meaning medial Middle English Munster Irish non-standard spellings noun oaths occurs origin palatal palatal consonant Patrick phonemes phrase play postponed stress present-day Hiberno-English primary language printed probably pronounced pronunciation Purgatorium Hibernicum rapparees referred reflect represent rhyme Scottish Scottish Gaelic secondary language seems seventeenth century sh-spellings shelf short vowel shortening Shoul speech Standard English Stukeley syllable Teague tell texts Thomas Stukeley thou Ubique XII Ulster unstressed unvoicing usage verb viii voiced Welsh Embassador write construction writers xvii xviii xxii xxiii xxiv xxvi xxvii