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What (who) is vowel shift - definition
SYSTEMATIC CHANGE IN THE PRONUNCIATION OF THE VOWEL SOUNDS OF A LANGUAGE
Vowel Shift; Phonetic slip; Vowel change
vowel shift
¦ noun a phonetic change in a vowel or vowels.
?(the Great Vowel Shift) a series of changes between medieval and modern English affecting the long vowels of the standard language.
the Great Vowel Shift
PRONUNCIATION CHANGE IN ENGLISH BETWEEN 1350 AND 1700
Cockney Vowel Shift; Australian Vowel Shift; South African Vowel Shift; Great Vowel Problem; Great vowel shift; Great Wovel Shift; Great Vowel Switch; The Great Vowel Shift; The Great Vowel Switch; Tudor Vowel Shift; Tudor vowel shift; Great English Vowel Shift
a series of changes between medieval and modern English affecting the long vowels of the standard language.
Great Vowel Shift
PRONUNCIATION CHANGE IN ENGLISH BETWEEN 1350 AND 1700
Cockney Vowel Shift; Australian Vowel Shift; South African Vowel Shift; Great Vowel Problem; Great vowel shift; Great Wovel Shift; Great Vowel Switch; The Great Vowel Shift; The Great Vowel Switch; Tudor Vowel Shift; Tudor vowel shift; Great English Vowel Shift
The Great Vowel Shift was a series of changes in the pronunciation of the English language that took place primarily between 1400 and 1700, beginning in southern England and today having influenced effectively all dialects of English. Through this vowel shift, the pronunciation of all Middle English long vowels was changed.
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Vowel shift
A vowel shift is a systematic sound change in the pronunciation of the vowel sounds of a language.
The best-known example in the English language is the Great Vowel Shift, which began in the 15th century. The Greek language also underwent a vowel shift near the beginning of the Common Era, which included iotacism. Among the Semitic languages, the Canaanite languages underwent a shift in which Proto-Semitic *ā became ō in Proto-Canaanite (a language likely very similar to Biblical Hebrew).
A vowel shift can involve a merger of two previously different sounds, or it can be a chain shift.
