Froggy Jumps Middle English Phonology QuestOnline version Challenge your ME sounds and shifts. by Kamola Ganieva 1 What event describes major vowel changes in Middle English? a Great Vowel Shift b Norman Invasion c Black Death 2 Which feature involved vowel length distinctions in ME? a Pitch accent b Phonemic vowel length c Tonal stress 3 Which digraph commonly represented /ʃ/ in ME spelling? a sh b ch c th 4 Did ME generally retain or lose final -e in pronunciation? a Always pronounced b Often lost (silent e) c Always stressed 5 Which ME rhotic variation occurred regionally? a No rhotic sounds at all b Over-rhotic everywhere c Non-rhotic in some dialects 6 Which ME feature contributed to vowel quality changes? a Fixed tone patterns b Consonant doubling c Vowel length contrasts 7 In ME, which consonant cluster often simplified? a Vowel harmony b Certain consonant clusters c Tone shifts 8 Which vowel commonly raised in ME across multiple dialects? a Front high vowels b Back low vowels c Mid back vowels 9 Which change affected vowel quality before /r/ in ME? a Lengthened consonants b Phonetic shortening c Unchanged vowels 10 ME phonology often features variation across dialects in: a Vowel pronunciation b Stress patterns c Word order
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