Episode 142: The Great Vowel Shift (Part 2)
The History of English Podcast
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The Great Vowel Shift: The Emergence of Words with Similar Vowel Sounds
This chapter explores the final development of the Great Vowel Shift that affected the front vowels in standard English, leading to the emergence of different sets of words with similar vowel sounds and examining various spellings used to represent these sounds.
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