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Great Vowel Shift (view source)
Revision as of 05:44, September 19, 2007
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The Great Vowel Shift was a massive sound change affecting the long vowels of English during the fifteenth to eighteenth centuries. The long vowels shifted upwards in pronunciation. For example, the word child went from being pronounced cheild to choild to the modern pronuciation. The word she was originally pronounce shay. There are many more examples and sound files to listen to at the webpage below. <ref>http://facweb.furman.edu/~mmenzer/gvs/dialogue.htm</ref>
The Great Vowel Shift was a massive sound change affecting the long vowels of [[English]] during the fifteenth to eighteenth centuries. The long vowels shifted upwards in pronunciation. For example, the word child went from being pronounced cheild to choild to the modern pronunciation. The word she was originally pronounce shay. There are many more examples and sound files to listen to at the webpage below. <ref>http://facweb.furman.edu/~mmenzer/gvs/dialogue.htm</ref>
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[[Category:Linguistics]]
[[Category:Linguistics]]