LING150/University of Oregon

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1. The Great Vowel Shift

Below are the phonetic transcriptions of some Middle English words.

1. Write the Modern English phonetic transcription (i.e. after the Great Vowel Shift).
2. Then give the Modern English spelling of the word. Remember, --> ø in many words during this period.

Example:

ME		Mod Eng
[nam]	--->	[nem]	spelled	name

1. [tal] --->

2. [rid] --->

3. [wek] --->

4. [mon] --->

5. [su] --->

2. Word Analysis

Parse, gloss and give a literal definition for the following words.

a. phytophilous

b. malignant

c. anonymous

d. biopsy

e. anemia

f. ichthyornis

g. astrolabe

h. insessorial

i. paleolith