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discusses this distinction, and states that "until very recently, all Norfolk English speakers consistently and automatically maintained the nose-knows distinction ... In the 1940s and 1950s, it was therefore a totally unremarkable feature of Norfolk English shared by all speakers, and therefore
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as part of dedialectalisation process, the end-point of which will soon be (a few speakers even today maintain a vestigial and variable distinction) the complete merger of the two lexical sets under
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have undergone many changes since the Old and Middle English periods. The sound changes discussed here involved at least one phoneme which historically was a diphthong.
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By the late 16th century, the inventory of diphthongs had been reduced as a result of several developments, all of which took place in the mid-to-late 16th century:
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distinction in Norfolk: "This disappearance was being effected by the gradual and variable transfer of lexical items from the set of
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accents. As late as 1800s England, the distinction was still very widespread; the main areas with the merger were in the northern
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changed to a rising diphthong, which became the sequence . The change did not occur in all dialects, however; see
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By the late 17th century, these further developments had taken place in the dialect of south-eastern England:
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Britain, David (2001). "Where did it all start? Dialect contact, the 'Founder Principle' and the so-called
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Atlas of North American English: Phonetics, Phonology and Sound Change: a Multimedia Reference Tool
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Present-day RP is thus normally analyzed as having eight diphthongs: the five closing diphthongs
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Although the Old English diphthongs merged into monophthongs, Middle English began to develop a
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The English of southeastern England around 1400 had seven diphthongs, of which three ended in
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are not distinguished, making "cot" and "coat" homophones. Zulu English often also has a
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that historically occurred in some non-rhotic dialects of American English, making both
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occurring in Old English itself, although the long forms sometimes also developed from
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was typically represented orthographically with "ai" or "ay". These came to be
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Walters, J. Roderick (2001). "English in Wales and a 'Welsh Valleys' accent".
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of no salience whatsoever." In a recent investigation into the English of the
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The diphthongs that developed by these processes also came to be used in many
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was typically represented orthographically with "ei" or "ey", and the vowel
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mergers) became diphthongal in Standard English. That produced the vowels
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had created two new diphthongs out of the former long close monophthongs
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are homophones. These mergers are grouped together by Wells as the
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accents with the merger allow it to affect also sequences without
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than the first. The set of diphthongs that occurred depended on
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Typical spellings are as in the examples above. The spellings
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Walters (2001) reports the survival of the distinction in the
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Wells, John "Whatever happened to received pronunciation?"
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words result from regional variants, which had always had
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Labov, William; Ash, Sharon; Boberg, Charles (2006).
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merger is a phenomenon exhibited by some speakers of
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Wells: Whatever happened to received pronunciation?
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The present-day pronunciations with 8541: 7980:is a process that occurs in many varieties of 2678:In accents that preserve the distinction, the 1515:when it is not followed by another vowel (see 8672: 1508:, as a result of breaking before /r/ and the 1438:The changes above caused only the diphthongs 315: 8419: 8417: 8221: 5005:before voiced consonants into monophthongal 4701:pronounced with a centering diphthong as in 1701:This merger can also be found in some broad 1615:Rhoticity in English § Coil–curl merger 1316:as the diphthongs of south-eastern England. 1123:, although there was significant variation. 670:In early Middle English, before the merger, 556:), when they followed a vowel. For example: 4645:. Unsourced material may be challenged and 2813:The distinction is most often preserved in 8679: 8665: 8346:, pp. 192–194, 337, 357, 384–385, 498 7996:. As a result, "scientific" is pronounced 1739:merger is a merger between the diphthongs 322: 308: 8568:. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 8439:Author's webpage; accessed 19 April 2011. 8414: 8263: 4665:Learn how and when to remove this message 8774: 8480:Transactions of the Philological Society 8199: 8197: 8182: 4705:in many words. Such varieties pronounce 2686:is usually represented by the spellings 1747:that occurs in some accents of Southern 1708:accents. The merger of both sounds into 48:of all important aspects of the article. 8958:Splits and mergers in English phonology 8582: 8498: 8473: 8409: 8398: 8355: 8245: 8101: 8099: 8097: 8065: 8063: 2586:respectively). In the vast majority of 1148:of Middle English. The diphthongs were 8950: 8686: 8603: 8452: 8294: 8230: 8215: 8203: 8019:Phonological history of English vowels 7965: 2870:– the completion of a slow process of 755: 44:Please consider expanding the lead to 8773: 8660: 8560: 8515: 8505:Essex Research Reports in Linguistics 8423: 8371:"Norfolk England Dialect Orthography" 8343: 8331: 8194: 8188: 4997:merger is a merger of the diphthongs 4977: 2772:pane, baking, range, Mae, wear, café, 1577:) and the three centering diphthongs 1453: 1213: 805: 746: 591:Diphthongs also arose as a result of 509:transition from Old to Middle English 8241: 8239: 8094: 8060: 4643:adding citations to reliable sources 4610: 4599: 405:diphthongs. They were mostly of the 351:. For the distinction between , 17: 6380:African American Vernacular English 5041:hence having a three–way merger of 5011:African American Vernacular English 2834:distinction, with back or in the 2627:The usual outcome of the merger is 2553: 1787:are homophones in merging accents. 1719: 1651:. This is strongly associated with 1601: 1286: 639: 386:Phonological history of Old English 13: 6346: 1662: 413:) with the second element further 14: 8979: 8453:Barber, Charles Laurence (1997). 8236: 5053:before voiced consonants, making 2574:respectively) and the diphthongs 1281:, which merged with the vowel of 1222:For a time, many speakers had an 1126: 514: 4615: 1597:Variation in present-day English 409:type (both elements at the same 22: 8968:History of the English language 8478:split in New Zealand English". 8445: 8429: 8392: 8349: 8337: 8161: 8146: 8127: 8118: 8082: 8014:Phonological history of English 6374:occurring for some speakers of 5009:occurring for some speakers of 1319: 1131: 343:International Phonetic Alphabet 36:may be too short to adequately 8325: 8300: 8288: 8209: 8040: 4743:. The best-known examples are 678:, which came from Old English 375: 46:provide an accessible overview 1: 8246:Mazarin, André (2020-01-01). 8176: 1212:). For more information, see 1136:By the mid-16th century, the 1011:. The most common words with 526:Development of new diphthongs 8607:Rural White Southern Accents 2635:, with some dialects having 1522:). They occur in words like 1250:, became monophthongized to 7: 8265:10.1016/j.amper.2020.100058 8007: 4735:, which is associated with 1075:was commonly used included 552:(sometimes from an earlier 10: 8984: 8375:Friends of Norfolk Dialect 4727:since some words with the 2782:is usually represented by 2750:is usually represented by 1612: 1591:English phonology (vowels) 1254:, later raising to modern 628:, particularly those from 518: 456:(found in Late West Saxon) 379: 68:History and description of 8852: 8786: 8782: 8769: 8694: 6376:Southern American English 2850:showing the influence of 1277:That would later rise to 1270:, was monophthongized to 694:respectively. Similarly, 541:(usually from an earlier 448:high, narrower, possibly 183:Development of consonants 8811:Changes before historic 8803:Changes before historic 8604:Thomas, Erik R. (2006). 8034: 2838:set and central in the 572:had been palatalized to 521:Middle English phonology 397:. Both kinds arose from 8714:Anglo-Frisian languages 8597:10.1111/1467-971X.00216 8499:Britain, David (2002). 8492:10.1111/1467-968X.00072 8049:may also be pronounced 7988:becomes the triphthong 2722:is being the spellings 2610:. All accents with the 547:labio-velar approximant 339:phonetic transcriptions 8153:North American English 7992:in certain words with 6366:merger is a merger of 4721:North American English 2558:The earliest stage of 1686:in which the phonemes 1493:RP has also developed 1328:The falling diphthong 593:vowel breaking before 554:voiced velar fricative 391:Old English diphthongs 336:This article contains 8746:Anglo-Norman language 8546:. Walter de Gruyter. 2893:words. Likewise, the 1653:New York City English 1462:(the products of the 532:new set of diphthongs 519:Further information: 425:high, fully backing, 382:Old English phonology 380:Further information: 129:Development of vowels 74:English pronunciation 8776:Phonological history 8756:Early Modern English 8476:⟨-own⟩ 8456:Early modern English 4731:sequence merge with 4639:improve this section 2815:East Anglian accents 2560:Early Modern English 1757:Newfoundland English 1495:centering diphthongs 1200:and merged with the 995:, and the spellings 804:(the product of the 710:. After the merger, 613:("straight") became 587:("law") became and 450:/iy//iːy/or/ie//iːe/ 8709:Proto-West-Germanic 8699:Proto-Indo-European 8233:, pp. 108, 116 8004:with one syllable. 6415: 5082: 4775: 4713:, homophonous with 3978: 2913: 1792: 1657:New Orleans English 877:product of a merger 756:Late Middle English 620:("thought") became 568:("way") (where the 536:palatal approximant 104:General development 8844:Trisyllabic laxing 8824:Close front vowels 8688:History of English 8566:Accents of English 8334:, pp. 208–210 8297:, pp. 115–116 8206:, pp. 112–116 8024:Trisyllabic laxing 6414:Homophonous pairs 6413: 5081:Homophonous pairs 5080: 4774:Homophonous pairs 4773: 4749:/ˈmeəneɪz~ˈmæneɪz/ 3973: 2908: 2901:words and in the 2889:words and in the 1791:Homophonous pairs 1790: 1454:Later developments 1186:became homophones. 1071:. Words in which 1003:are used for both 836:and four ended in 502:⟨ēa⟩ 498:⟨ēo⟩ 494:⟨īe⟩ 490:⟨īo⟩ 475:⟨ea⟩ 465:⟨eo⟩ 454:⟨ie⟩ 437:, but merged into 431:⟨io⟩ 290:History of English 8963:English phonology 8945: 8944: 8941: 8940: 8937: 8936: 8834:Great Vowel Shift 8819:Close back vowels 8615:Walter de Gruyter 8155:pronunciation of 8029:Great Vowel Shift 7984:where bisyllabic 7963: 7962: 7942:wine-whine merger 7907:wine-whine merger 6344: 6343: 6308:wine-whine merger 4975: 4974: 4766:, a homophone of 4695:Baltimore dialect 4685:merger occurs in 4675: 4674: 4667: 4597: 4596: 3971: 3970: 2872:lexical diffusion 2671:and parts of the 2624:and vice versa. 2551: 2550: 1761:Caribbean English 1696:cot-caught merger 1230:distinct from an 1138:Great Vowel Shift 332: 331: 206:Variable features 192:Single consonants 159:Great Vowel Shift 80:Historical stages 63: 62: 8975: 8839:Open back vowels 8814: 8806: 8784: 8783: 8771: 8770: 8681: 8674: 8667: 8658: 8657: 8652: 8646: 8642: 8640: 8632: 8630: 8629: 8623: 8617:. 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Index


lead section
summarize
provide an accessible overview
English pronunciation
Old English
Middle English
General development
In Old English
In Scots
Development of vowels
A
Close back
Close front
Diphthongs
Great Vowel Shift
Open back
Pre-L
Pre-R
Single consonants
Clusters
Cotcaught merger
Drawl
Flapping
H-dropping
L-vocalization
NG
R
Rhoticity
T-glottalization

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