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An interactive introduction to the Great Vowel Shift, a major sound change in the English language. Includes sound and animation.
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www.furman.edu/~mmenzer/gvs
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Keep in mind that the Great Vowel Shift SheilaT Jun-25-08 11:47 PM #7 ... It was more of a gradual evolution, in which younger people, for some reason, began saying their vowels differently from their elders, and then the next generation said them a little more differently than that, and then the next generation,
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www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=vi...
www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=309x272
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Around the time we started speaking modern English -- the time of Shakespeare -- English underwent a dramatic change known as the Great Vowel Shift (GVS) that was partly responsible for our odd, unintuitive English spelling. ... Part of the reason Latin pronunciation confuses modern English speakers.
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ancienthistory.about.com/od/language/qt/GVS.htm
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Brief and Straightforward Guide: What Is the Great Vowel Shift? ... One interesting theory on the reason for the Great Vowel Shift is that England may have had several influential people with speech impediments. Such mispronunciations might be copied in deference to someone of high enough rank.
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www.wisegeek.com/what-is-the-great-vowel-shift.htm
www.wisegeek.com/what-is-the-great-vowel-shift.htm
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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. Basically, the long vowels shifted upwards; that is, a vowel that used to be pronounced in one place in the mouth would be pronounced in a different place, higher up in the mouth.
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facweb.furman.edu/~mmenzer/gvs/what.htm
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The answer is the Great Vowel Shift, a mysterious linguistic phenomenon in which, over the course of generations, various vowels slid upwards and backwards in the throats of English speakers. ... To learn about the Great Vowel Shift, we will cover several areas of linguistics.
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web.cn.edu/kwheeler/great_vowel_shift.html
web.cn.edu/kwheeler/great_vowel_shift.html
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October 8, 1997 ENG 121: The Story of English - The Great Vowel Shift, and Other Mysteries: Notes to accompany October 8 lecture. I. The Basic Changes 1. i and u become diphthongs (bite and house).
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jan.ucc.nau.edu/~grabe/notes/notes72hnd.html
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#27 - Great! Let me add the opinion of the Demonic lexicographer himself, ... I think it probably has to do with the English vowel shift, that the dipthongs wound up becoming long vowels, and the ws were less emphasized. The example I keep wanting to see here ... The reason the letter o can be a dipthong is in its pronunciation.
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www.librarything.com/topic/39850
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One modern linguist argues that the theory of the Great Vowel Shift “fits ... His reason is that the surface form of one of the derivations is identical ...
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www.kenschaft.org/papers/vowel_shift.doc
www.kenschaft.org/papers/vowel_shift.doc
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