The History of the English Language, 2nd Edition

The Great Vowel Shift and Modern English (1x14)

Date de diffusion: Mar 20, 2022

Professor Lerer details the major features of the Great Vowel Shift, a systematic change in the pronunciation of long, stressed vowels in English. It's a shift that took place from around the middle of the 15th century and radically changed the sound of spoken English—making its vowels unique in pronunciation among European languages.