| 11. | The changes that happened after 1600 are not usually considered part of the Great Vowel Shift proper.
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| 12. | Certainly, you would not have been understood before the 15th century, when the Great Vowel Shift began.
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| 13. | The Great Vowel Shift changed the diphthongs to their present pronunciations, with becoming the monophthong, and raising to.
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| 14. | The Great Vowel Shift changed L-vocalized diphthongs to their present pronunciations, with becoming the monophthong, and raising to.
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| 15. | First, gradual changes in pronunciation, such as the Great Vowel Shift, account for a tremendous number of irregularities.
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| 16. | The best-known example in the English language is the Great Vowel Shift, which began in the 15th century.
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| 17. | The original Hebrew name is pronounced or; the modern English pronunciation is courtesy of the Great Vowel Shift.
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| 18. | The Middle English sound change occurred before the Great Vowel Shift and other changes to the nature of vowels.
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| 19. | Early Modern English was characterised by the Great Vowel Shift ( 1350 1700 ), inflectional simplification, and linguistic standardisation.
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| 20. | Most significant was the Great Vowel Shift ( c . 1500 CE ), which transformed the pronunciation of all long vowels.
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