Great Vowel Shift

1. Great Vowel Shift An idiosyncracy of English spelling: rate rat bite bit weed wed cot coot

2. The Bouma shape Tihs is qtiue esay to raed It's spespuod to be psoisble to raed tihs But it’s ixapnelcliby peioltrbmac to dcpeiher tihs

4. Great Vowel Shift An idiosyncracy of English spelling: rate rat bite bit weed wed cot coot

5. OE before 1150 ME 1150-1500 Modern English Early Mod. E 1500-1650

6. OE before 1150 ME 1150-1500 Early Mod. E 1500-1650 Modern English > > > > > > later diphthonging Great Vowel Shift spelling change

7. Great Vowel Shift

8. Great Vowel Shift

9. Baugh p.238:

10. Baugh p.238:

12. house tide sweet moon clean stone name

13. hús tíd swét móna ´ clæn stán nama

14. tide house sweet moon clean stone name

15. moon sweet tide house clean stone name

16. pull or push-chains?

17. house tide

18. house tide

19. house tide

20. house tide

21. house tide

22. house tide

23. sweet clean, break name

24. sweet clean break name

25. stone break name

26. goat face

27. goat face

28. goat face

29. goat face

30. GVS Long vowels only!