Great Vowel Shift (late phase)

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historical sound change phonological change stage of the Great Vowel Shift

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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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form	Occurrences
Great Vowel Shift (later phase)	2
Great Vowel Shift	1

Statements (40)

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 languages ⓘ surface form: West Germanic
languageFamily	Germanic languages ⓘ
languageStage	Middle English to Early Modern English ⓘ
partOf	Great Vowel Shift (late phase) self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: 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 ⓘ surface form: Early Modern English period

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Great Vowel Shift (early phase) → distinctFrom → Great Vowel Shift (late phase) ⓘ

this entity surface form: Great Vowel Shift (later phase)

Great Vowel Shift (late phase) → partOf → Great Vowel Shift (late phase) self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Great Vowel Shift

Great Vowel Shift (early phase) → precedes → Great Vowel Shift (late phase) ⓘ

this entity surface form: Great Vowel Shift (later phase)

Middle English → underwent → Great Vowel Shift (late phase) ⓘ