Between the eras of Chaucer and Shakespeare came the Great Vowel Shift, where English vowels played a game of musical chairs.
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The changes are known as the Great Vowel Shift . They occurred over several centuries and can be divided into two phases.
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The first thing I notice is that word did not undergo the Great vowel shift given that that i is pronounced " ee ".
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This distinction survives in the modern forms " mouse " and " mice ", although the specifics have been modified by the Great Vowel Shift.
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Modern English is somewhat distanced from the language of Chaucer's poems owing to the effect of the Great Vowel Shift some time after his death.
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The " ou " in " out " originally represented, as in French, but its pronunciation has changed as part of the Great Vowel Shift.
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Before the Great Vowel Shift, in the late Middle Ages, Middle English was spoken . talk ) 18 : 29, 4 April 2008 ( UTC)
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Most standard varieties are affected by the Great Vowel Shift, which changed the pronunciation of long vowels, but a few dialects have slightly different results.
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Around this time the Great Vowel Shift also took place, which altered spoken English from the Old English pronunciation to a more modern sounding form.
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In the Great Vowel Shift, the normal outcome of was a diphthong which developed into Modern English, as in " mine " and " find ".
