Middle English phonetic sistem

The Middle English period was a time of unprecedentedly rapid development of the language. For the first three centuries English was only a spoken language, and as such had no norm and could develop without any restrain. All the elements of the language changed fundamentally.

INTRODUCTION 3
CHAPTER 1. PHONETIC PROCESSES IN MIDDLE ENGLISH 5
1.1. The system of vowels 5
1.2. The system of consonants 10
CHAPTER 2. PHONETIC ANALYSIS OF HAMLET, ACT III, SCENE II.
THE PERFORMANCE
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CONCLUSION 31
BIBLIOGRAPHY 33