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Evolution of Vowel Changes in Middle and New English

Explore the transformations of stressed vowels from Middle English to New English, including orthographic shifts, digraph usage, and Great Vowel Shift. Discover the qualitative and quantitative changes that shaped the language.

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Evolution of Vowel Changes in Middle and New English

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  1. Changes of stressed vowels in Middle English and New English

  2. 1. ავტო- თუ აუტო- არაერთ ლექსიკონსა თუ სხვ. გამოცემაში მონაცვლეობით გვხვდება ფორმები ავტო-ანაუტო- :

  3. ავტო- თუ აუტო- (გაგრძელება) თუნდაც ზოგიერთ შემთხვევაში პარალელური აუტო- ფორმის გამოყენება ორთოგრაფიის სიჭრელეს იწვევს და ქაოსურ შთაბეჭდილებას ტოვებს. ამდენად, უმჯობესად მიგვაჩნია ყველგან ერთი ფორმის: ავტო- გამოყენება.

  4. Insular Minuscule Script is replaced by the Continental Minuscule Script

  5. ʒ - replaced by the continental gʒ - [g] [g’] [j] [ღ] Early ME g – [g] [dʒ] 3 – [j] [X] ʒeonʒ, ʒeard

  6. ʒ - replaced by the continental g Late ME 3 [j] - y young, yard, year 3 [X] – gh light [lixt], night [nixt], right [rixt]

  7. Runic letters fell into disuseÞð - th j k v q g [g] [dʒ] c [k] [s]

  8. u – [v] [u]f is no more used for [v] Orthographic reform of the XVII c. normalised the use of u and v u – [u] v – [v]

  9. Y became an equivalent of [i] at the end of a word boy, toy, lorry, trolley …

  10. u – o munuc – monk [munk] lufian – loven [luven] sune – sone [sune] boy, toy, lorry, trolley …

  11. Wide use of digraphs ou – [u:] OE hus – ME hous [hu:s] OE ut – ME out [u:t] OE mus – ME mous [mu:s] ie [e:] chief [tʃe:f] thief [θe:f]

  12. Wide use of digraphs ch – [tʃ] sh [ʃ] OE scip [skip] – ME ship [ʃɪp] dg [dʒ] wh – OE hw OE hwæt – ME what [hwat]

  13. Long vowels replaced by double letters OE fot – ME foot [fo:t] OE boc – ME book [bo:k] OE fet – ME feet [fe:t] OE toþ – ME tooth [to:θ]

  14. ავტო- თუ აუტო- (გაგრძელება) თუნდაც ზოგიერთ შემთხვევაში პარალელური აუტო- ფორმის გამოყენება ორთოგრაფიის სიჭრელეს იწვევს და ქაოსურ შთაბეჭდილებას ტოვებს. ამდენად, უმჯობესად მიგვაჩნია ყველგან ერთი ფორმის: ავტო- გამოყენება.

  15. Runic letters fell into disuseÞð - th j k v q g [g] [dʒ] c [k] [s]

  16. Qualitative vowel changes in ME OE y – ME I OE cyninʒ - ME king OE fyrst – ME first OE mys – ME mice

  17. Qualitative vowel changes in ME OE a – ME o [ɔ:] spelling oa OE bat – ME boat [bɔ:t] OE ac – ME oak [ɔ:k] 2 long Os – [o:] spelling oo [ɔ:] spelling oa

  18. Qualitative vowel changes in ME OE ea [ea:] – ME [ɛ:] spelling ea OE east - ME east [ɛ:st] 2 long Es – [e:] spelling ee [ɛ:] spelling ea

  19. Quantitative vowel changes in early ME Short vowels lengthened before two homorganic consonants sonorant + plosive OE cild – ME child [tʃi:ld] OE findan – ME finden [fi:ndən] OE climban – ME climben [kli:mbən]

  20. Quantitative vowel changes in early ME All other groups of two or more consonants produced the reverse effect, they made the preceding long vowels short OEfiftiʒ - ME fifty [fifti] OE fedde – ME fedde [feddə]

  21. Quantitative vowel changes in early ME Short vowels became long in open syllables OE nama – ME name [na:mə] OE mete – ME mete [me:tə]

  22. Qualitative vowel changes in New English ME [a] – NE [æ] ME man [man] – NE man [mæn] ME [wa] – NE [wo] ME was [was] – NE was [woz] ME water [water] – NE water [wotə]

  23. Qualitative vowel changes in New English ME [u] – NE [ʌ] ME hut [hut] – NE hut [hʌt] ME loven [luven] – NE love [lʌv] ME X – j – NE I night [niXt] – [nijt] – [niit] – [ni:t]

  24. Quantitative vowel changes in New English Lengthening – before ss, st, nt, ft Shortening – before [θ, d, t, k] ME plant [plant] – NE plant [pla:nt] ME after [after] – NE after [a:ftə] ME deed [de:d] – NE dead [ded] ME book [bo:k] – [bu:k] – [buk] ME breath [bre:θ] – NE breath [breθ]

  25. Great Vowel Shift table [ta:blə] – [teibl] maken [ma:kən] – [meik] stone [stɔ:n] – [stəun] open [ɔ:pən] – [əupən]

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