the vowel shift

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• Great Vowel Shift — The Great Vowel Shift was a major change in the pronunciation of the English language that took place in England between 1350 and 1500.[1] The Great Vowel Shift was first studied by Otto Jespersen (1860–1943), a Danish linguist and Anglicist, who …   Wikipedia

• 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.Other examples of ongoing vowel shifts are… …   Wikipedia

• 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 …   English new terms dictionary

• the Great Vowel Shift — a series of changes between medieval and modern English affecting the long vowels of the standard language. → vowel shift …   English new terms dictionary

• Great Vowel Shift — Ling. a series of changes in the quality of the long vowels between Middle and Modern English as a result of which all were raised, while the high vowels /ee/ and /ooh/, already at the upper limit, underwent breaking to become the diphthongs /uy/ …   Useful english dictionary

• Great Vowel Shift — n. the complex series of sound developments (c. 1400 to c. 1750) which changed the vowel system of Middle English into that of Modern English: Middle English long high vowels (ē and o͞o) changed to Modern English diphthongs (ī and ou), and long… …   English World dictionary

• Northern cities vowel shift — Three isoglosses identifying the NCVS. In the brown areas /ʌ/ is more retracted than /ɑ/. The blue line encloses areas in which /ɛ/ is backed. The red line encloses area …   Wikipedia

• Great Vowel Shift — Great′ Vow′el Shift′ n. ling. a series of changes in the quality of the long vowels between Middle and Modern English as a result of which all were raised, while the high vowels (ē) and (oo), already at the upper limit, underwent breaking to… …   From formal English to slang

• Great Vowel Shift — noun the, a sound change which altered the pronunciations of the long vowels of English over the centuries covering late Middle English and into early Modern English periods; it is responsible for the difference between the English and… …  

• great vowel shift — noun Usage: often capitalized G&V&S Date: 1909 a change in pronunciation of the long vowels of Middle English that began in the 15th century and continued into the 16th century in which the high vowels were diphthongized and the other vowels were …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• Great Vowel Shift — Ling. a series of changes in the quality of the long vowels between Middle and Modern English as a result of which all were raised, while the high vowels /ee/ and /ooh/, already at the upper limit, underwent breaking to become the diphthongs /uy/ …   Universalium