Vowel Length in English

1. Vowel Length in English

Prof. Tatyana Levina
Vladimir State University
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clear-cut – четкий
redundant – избыточный, лишний
diachronic
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3. Is vowel length relevant in present-day English?

The degrees of vowel length:
1. long [s : p : k : b :]
2. half-long
[pi:k] [p :t]
3. short
[p n] [p t]
[di:d – di:p]
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4. The position of a vowel in a word:

1. an open syllable – the longest: [p :]
2. before sonorant – shorter, but long enough :
[si:n] [di:n] [ri:l] [ :l]
3. before voiced consonants:
[di:d] [si:d]
4. before voiceless consonants:
[si:t]
[s t]
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A. Meyer [ me ]
substantiated – доказанный,
подтвержденный
explicable – объяснимый
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6. The traditional pairs of short and long counterparts

i: -
i: - j
u-
: -
: -
: -
u: -
arbitrary – произвольный
[ :] – [æ]
[ ]
– [ ]
[ ]
– [ ]
-
: - :
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ample – достаточный, обильный
prolongation [ pr l ŋ| ge n]
constituent [k n st tju nt] – составная часть
contiguity [ k nt gju: ti] – примыкание
checked – unchecked (free)
subject (adj.) [ s bd kt] – подверженный
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8. Is only vowel quality relevant?

p t – pi:t
bi:d - b d
p - i:p
si:d - s d
syllabication [s læb ke n]
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9. A new tendency:

[ læt - læd ]
latter - ladder
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Thank you!
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