OE Pronunciation

OE Pronunciation Practice

 

SP	PH	OE Words	PE Words
p	p	pund, clipian, sprecan, biscop	pound, call, speak, biscop
b	b	beran, libban, timbran, sceabb	bear, live, build, scab
t	t	twigu, betera, stelan, gnæt,	twig, better, steal, gnat (g는 silent)
d	d	disc, fæder, næddre, heafod	dish, father, adder, head
c	k	copor, brecan, æcer, boc	copper, break, acre, book
c.	tʃ	c.ealc, c.ild, fec.c.an, pic.	chalk, child, fetch, pitch
cg	dʒ	brycg, ecg, bycgan, lecgan	bridge, edge, buy, lay
f	f	feld, findan, glof, wif	field, find, glove, wife
f	v	heofon, drifan, hæfde	heaven, drive, had
s	s	sagu, sendan, hus, strengþu	saw, send, house, strength
s	z	risan, þuseund, nosu, freosan	rise, thousand, nose, freeze
sc	ʃ	scip, scrud, fisc, disc	ship, shroud, fish, dish
h	ç	niht, miht, ehta	night, might, eight
h	x	feohtan, furrh	fight, furrow
h	h	helpan, halig, hwæt, hnutu	help, holy, what, nut
g	g	glæd, græs, god, finger	glad, grass, good, finger
g	ɣ	agan, boga, bugan,folgian	owe, bow, bend, follow
g.	j	g.eong, g.ear, æg. , slæg.an	young, year, egg, slay
m	m	meltan, manig, ham	melt, many, home
n	n	nama, nosu, min, wendan	name, nose, mine, wind
n	ŋ	bringan, drincan, strang (뒤에 자음따라)	bring, drink, strong
l	l	land, locian, slæpan	land, look, sleep
r	r	ridan, bru, rad	ride, brow, road
w	w	wæter, hwa, blowan	water, who, blow

 

 

 

Phonological Splits

 

*Primary split (Conditioned/Allophonic change)

*Secondary split (Unconditioned/Phonemic change) - 가장 중요한 포인트는 컨디션이 무너진다는 것.

-철자는 보수적이기 때문에 변화하기 힘듬

 

OE Pronunciation

 

*Allophonic Rules1: Primary Split

: /f/ <f>-[f]/[v]    ,  /θ/ -  [θ]   [ð]   /s/ - [s] [z]

-Voiceless fricatives became voiced between voiced sounds. (mase, fæsl, ofnas vs. fif, offrian, fifta)

 

*Allophonic Rules2: Primary Split

a. /n/  -> [n]  [ŋ]           /g/ ->   [g]   [ɣ]

-/n/ became [ŋ] before a welar consonant. (singan, gang, þanc   vs.  font, ende, non)

-/g/ became [ɣ] between vowels, between a consonant other than [ŋ] and a vowel, or finally except after [ŋ]. (lagu, agan, fuglas, sorg  vs. frogga, sungen, song)

 

*Allophonic Rules 3: Primary Split

/h/  -> [ç]  [x] 

-/h/ became [ç ] after front vowels(tiht, nihsta, vs. hilt, eoh, ruh)

-/h/ became [x] after back vowels (fah, eoh, brohte, neah vs. hal, riht)

 

*Secondary split

/k/ ->/k/, /tʃ     /g/ -> /g/, /j/

-/tʃ/usually after or before front vowels. (pic., c.ildru, c.idan  vs. cepan, cynn, brecan)

-/j/ usually after or before front vowelss. (g.ecoren, g.ear, dæg.  vs.  ges, gylden)