- with high tone. In Polish, é was
historically used for a
vowel called e
pochylone or e ścieśnione,
sounded as [e], [ɨ] or [i]
depending on the dialect....
-
development of the so-called "pitched" or "slanted"
vowels (Polish samogłoski
pochylone). Four
major dialect groups (termed
dialekt are
typically recognized,...
- by the late 15th century. The
higher vowels are
traditionally called pochylone ("skewed") in Polish. The
nasal vowels developed differently. Old Polish...
-
jegliwie placement of
stress on the
penultimate syllable Preference for
pochylone o, kłůtka ir > er (serce, śmierć, piersi) or ér
Raising of y
closer to...
- środa, źrėbåk
penultimate stress Loss aje> ā, grai̯e > grā
preference for
pochylone ȯ (kłȯtka, skȯlni) ir > ėr, sėrce *y > i, sin, dim, dwa ribi (compare...
-
which avoids raising of o,
which could be
confused with the
reflex of
pochylone ó Loss of the
alternation caused by
ablaut of ‘o||’e, miotła||mietle by...
- the same speaker, who can also say the same form with -eł or -ił/-ył.
Pochylone á used to be
preserved as á even as late as 1952, but is now realized...
- lose
their nasality and
decompose in
front of consonants, so ą
becomes ó
pochylone + n, ń, or m, and
becomes o word finally. ę also
denasalizes word finally...
-
vowels were
distinguished with an
acute accent, the so-called
slanted (
pochylone)
vowels (á, é, ó),
palatalized consonants were
distinguished using a diacritic...
- soft ḱ:
occasional hardening of li > ly,
usually the
result of
raising pochylone e:
mlykim (mlekiem).
These features are rare, and
generally are realized...
