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Why the Great Vowel Shift Still Fascinates Linguists
Original: The Great Vowel Shift
The Great Vowel Shift, the major change in English pronunciation between roughly 1400 and 1700 that reshaped long vowel sounds, is drawing renewed attention online. The shift explains many of English's spelling inconsistencies, as written forms froze while pronunciation kept moving. Readers are discussing how it happened, why it occurred, and what it reveals about how languages evolve over centuries.
Why now: A link to the Wikipedia article on this landmark phonological change in English history is currently being discussed and upvoted.
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Evidence
- The Great Vowel Shift · bryanrasmussen · 17
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