English Explanatory Dictionary

Great Vowel Shift

English dictionary entry

Meanings

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  1. 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.

Word forms

Great Vowel Shift the Great Vowel Shift

Etymology

Coined by Danish linguist Otto Jespersen.

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