Great Vowel Shift (late phase)

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The Great Vowel Shift (late phase) was the final stage of a major historical change in English pronunciation during which many long vowel sounds in Middle English moved closer to their modern English values.

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Generate an image of the Great Vowel Shift (late phase) (The Great Vowel Shift (late phase) was the final stage of a major historical change in English pronunciation during which many long vowel sounds in Middle English moved closer to their modern English values.)

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Predicate Object
instanceOf historical sound change ⓘ
phonological change ⓘ
stage of the Great Vowel Shift ⓘ
affects pronunciation of inherited Middle English vocabulary ⓘ
affectsDialect Received Pronunciation ancestors ⓘ
Standard English ⓘ
appliesTo English language ⓘ
long vowels ⓘ
stressed vowels ⓘ
approximateEndCentury 17th century ⓘ
approximateStartCentury 15th century ⓘ
causeOf difficulty of predicting English pronunciation from spelling ⓘ
many modern English irregular vowel correspondences with continental languages ⓘ
chronologicalPosition final stage of the Great Vowel Shift ⓘ
contrastWith Middle English long vowel values ⓘ
documentedBy contemporary orthoepic descriptions ⓘ
reconstructions from rhyming patterns ⓘ
reconstructions from spelling variation ⓘ
effect diphthongized high long vowels ⓘ
moved long vowels toward their Modern English qualities ⓘ
raised long mid vowels ⓘ
effectOnSpelling increased mismatch between English spelling and pronunciation ⓘ
geographicScope England ⓘ
London-based varieties of English ⓘ
historicalStatus completed change in most modern standard English accents ⓘ
influencedBy dialect leveling in London and southeast England ⓘ
sociolectal change in late Middle English and Early Modern English ⓘ
languageBranch West Germanic ⓘ
languageFamily Germanic languages ⓘ
languageStage Middle English to Early Modern English ⓘ
partOf Great Vowel Shift ⓘ
precondition Great Vowel Shift (early phase) ⓘ
relatedConcept chain shift ⓘ
vowel diphthongization ⓘ
vowel raising ⓘ
resultedIn modern English long vowel system ⓘ
modern English tense vowel inventory ⓘ
studiedIn English historical phonology ⓘ
historical linguistics ⓘ
timePeriod Early Modern English period ⓘ

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Middle English → underwent → Great Vowel Shift (late phase) ⓘ
Great Vowel Shift (late phase) → partOf → Great Vowel Shift ⓘ
linked to: Great Vowel Shift (late phase)
Great Vowel Shift (early phase) → precedes → Great Vowel Shift (later phase) ⓘ
linked to: Great Vowel Shift (late phase)
Great Vowel Shift (early phase) → distinctFrom → Great Vowel Shift (later phase) ⓘ
linked to: Great Vowel Shift (late phase)