Post on 21-Dec-2015
Great Vowel Shift
An idiosyncracy of English spelling:
rat rate
bit bite
wed weed
cot coot
It's spespuod to be psoisble to raed tihs
Tihs is qtiue esay to raed
But it’s ixapnelcliby peioltrbmac to dcpeiher tihs
The Bouma shape
Great Vowel Shift
An idiosyncracy of English spelling:
rat rate
bit bite
wed weed
cot coot
OEbefore 1150
ME 1150-1500
Early Mod. E1500-1650
Modern English
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OEbefore 1150
ME 1150-1500
Early Mod. E1500-1650
Modern English
Great Vowel Shift
Great Vowel Shift
Baugh p.238:
Baugh p.238:
tide
sweet
clean
name
house
moon
stone
tíd
swét
clæn
nama
hús
móna
stán
´
tide
sweet
clean
name
house
moon
stone
tide
sweet
clean
name
house
moon
stone
pull or push-chains?
tide house
tide house
tide house
tide house
tide house
tide house
clean, break
sweet
name
break
sweet
name
clean
breakname
stone
face goat
face goat
face goat
face goat
GVS
Long vowels only!