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Categories: History of the English language, Vowel shifts, All articles needing additional references, Articles with short description
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Great Vowel Shift  Great Vowel Shift in English  Australian Vowel Shift  Cockney Vowel Shift  Great English Vowel Shift
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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. Wikipedia
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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. Wikipedia
Pronunciation change in English between 1350 and 1700 Wikidata
A major change in the pronunciation of the English language, affecting the sounds of long vowels, that took place in England between 1350 and 1700. Wiktionary
Major change in the pronunciation of the English language. Wiktionary (translation)
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Because English spelling was becoming standardized in the 15th and 16th centuries, the Great Vowel Shift is responsible for many of the peculiarities of English spelling. Wiktionary
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sound law
vowel shift
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Great Vowel Shift
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Great Vowel Shift in English
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Great Vowel Shift
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Australian Vowel Shift, Cockney Vowel Shift, Great English Vowel Shift, Great Vowel Problem, Great vowel shift, Great Vowel Switch, Great Wovel Shift, South African Vowel Shift, the Great Vowel Shift, The Great Vowel Switch, Tudor Vowel Shift, Tudor vowel shift
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Tudor vowel shift

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