Assertion: vowel | /r/HasProperty | pronounced for short period of time
Facets:
value: at one time
type: TEMPORAL
value: particularly
type: DEGREE
value: in middle english
type: LOCATION
Source sentences:
text: The term "short vowel" is historical, and meant that at one time (in Middle English) these vowels were pronounced for a particularly short period of time; currently, it means just that they are not diphthongs like the long vowels.
text: The term "short vowel" is historical, and meant that at one time (in Middle English) these vowels were pronounced for a particularly short period of time; currently, it means just that they are not diphthongs like the long vowels.