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It did not occur when two or more syllables followed because of the opposing process of trisyllabic laxing. It only occasionally applied to the high vowels /i/ and /u/, e.g. OE wudu → ME /woːd/ → wood; OE wicu → ME /weːk/ → week. Most instances of /i/ and /u/ remained as such: OE hnutu → NE nut, OE riden → NE ridden.
In phonology, tenseness or tensing is, most generally, the pronunciation of a sound with greater muscular effort or constriction than is typical. [1] More specifically, tenseness is the pronunciation of a vowel with less centralization (i.e. either more fronting or more backing), longer duration, and narrower mouth width (with the tongue being perhaps more raised) compared with another vowel. [2]
According to Roger Lass, the laxing occurred in the 17th century, but other linguists have suggested that it took place potentially much earlier. [ 12 ] The short mid vowels have also undergone lowering and so the continuation of Middle English /e/ (as in words like dress ) now has a quality closer to [ ɛ ] in most accents.
Trisyllabic laxing is a process which has occurred at various periods in the history of English: The earliest occurrence of trisyllabic laxing occurred in late Old English and caused stressed long vowels to become shortened before clusters of two consonants when two or more syllables followed.
The Alexa Skills Kit is a collection of self-service application programming interfaces (API), tools, documentation and code samples. Developers can also use the "Smart Home Skill API", [26] a new addition to the Alexa Skills Kit, to extend Alexa's compatibility with cloud-controlled lighting and thermostat devices. All of the code runs in the ...
Least said, soonest mended; Less is more; Let bygones be bygones; Let not the sun go down on your wrath; Let sleeping Aussies lie; Let sleeping dogs lie; Let the buyer beware; Let the cat out of the bag [15] Let the dead bury the dead (N.T.) Let the punishment fit the crime; Let well alone; Let your hair down; Life begins at forty
The phonology of Quebec French is more complex than that of Parisian or Continental French.Quebec French has maintained phonemic distinctions between /a/ and /ɑ/, /ɛ/ and /ɛː/, /ø/ and /ə/, /ɛ̃/ and /œ̃/.
The music video shows Turner on a crashed car with Alexa Chung, his then girlfriend. Kane appears later. It won best video award at the NME Awards 2009. [5] The video was inspired by Federico Fellini's cult film Toby Dammit. [6]