Vowel Length in English Prof Tatyana Levina Vladimir

Vowel Length in English Prof. Tatyana Levina Vladimir State University 1

n n n clear-cut – четкий redundant – избыточный, лишний diachronic 2

Is vowel length relevant in present-day English? n 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] 3

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] 4

A. Meyer [ me ] n n substantiated – доказанный, подтвержденный explicable – объяснимый 5

The traditional pairs of short and long counterparts i: - u: - i: - j n n u- : - arbitrary – произвольный [ : ] – [æ] [ ] – [ ] - : - : 6

n n n 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 7

Is only vowel quality relevant? n n p t – pi: t bi: d - b d p - i: p si: d - s d syllabication [s læb ke n] 8

A new tendency: [ læt - læd ] latter - ladder 9

Thank you! 10