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Middle English and Phonological history of English high back vowels

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Difference between Middle English and Phonological history of English high back vowels

Middle English vs. Phonological history of English high back vowels

Middle English (ME) is collectively the varieties of the English language spoken after the Norman Conquest (1066) until the late 15th century; scholarly opinion varies but the Oxford English Dictionary specifies the period of 1150 to 1500. Most dialects of modern English have two high back vowels: the near-close near-back rounded vowel found in words like foot, and the close back rounded vowel (realized as central in many dialects) found in words like goose.

Similarities between Middle English and Phonological history of English high back vowels

Middle English and Phonological history of English high back vowels have 7 things in common (in Unionpedia): Anglo-Norman language, Diphthong, Early Modern English, English language, Great Vowel Shift, Middle English phonology, Phonological history of English.

Anglo-Norman language

Anglo-Norman, also known as Anglo-Norman French, is a variety of the Norman language that was used in England and, to a lesser extent, elsewhere in the British Isles during the Anglo-Norman period.

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Diphthong

A diphthong (or; from Greek: δίφθογγος, diphthongos, literally "two sounds" or "two tones"), also known as a gliding vowel, is a combination of two adjacent vowel sounds within the same syllable.

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Early Modern English

Early Modern English, Early New English (sometimes abbreviated to EModE, EMnE or EME) is the stage of the English language from the beginning of the Tudor period to the English Interregnum and Restoration, or from the transition from Middle English, in the late 15th century, to the transition to Modern English, in the mid-to-late 17th century.

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English language

English is a West Germanic language that was first spoken in early medieval England and is now a global lingua franca.

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Great Vowel Shift

The Great Vowel Shift was a major series of changes in the pronunciation of the English language that took place, beginning in southern England, primarily between 1350 and the 1600s and 1700s, today influencing effectively all dialects of English.

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Middle English phonology

Middle English phonology is necessarily somewhat speculative, since it is preserved only as a written language.

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Phonological history of English

The phonological history of English describes the changing phonology of the English language over time, starting from its roots in proto-Germanic to diverse changes in different dialects of modern English.

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Middle English and Phonological history of English high back vowels Comparison

Middle English has 204 relations, while Phonological history of English high back vowels has 34. As they have in common 7, the Jaccard index is 2.94% = 7 / (204 + 34).

References

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