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Abstract

A Study on the Phonetic Value of Old English Consonant GraphemesBae, Jae-DukThis study focuses on the phonetic values of 16 consonant graphemes which were written on the Old English texts from the 8th century to the 12th century.The phonetic details of the pronunciation of Old English consonant graphemes are presented in a phonetic table of Old English consonantal articulations according to Gimson's RP English Phonetic Table.In general, when you read Old English, every spelling symbol must be pronounced. But it will be seen that Old English spelling symbols are ambiguous, since they stand for more than one phoneme; this is true of c, of g, of cg, and sc, and also since one phoneme stands for several allophones. However, when you read Old English texts by having knowledge of each grapheme's phonetic value exactly, most of the spelling symbols are unambiguous and well acquainted with.The Old English Consonantal Articulation Table presented here as a result of this study will surely contribute to the present and future Old English reader.