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Episode 141: The Great Vowel Shift (Part 1)
Episode 141: The Great Vowel Shift (Part 1)
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Length:
56 minutes
Released:
Sep 24, 2020
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Podcast episode
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The term ‘Great Vowel Shift’ was coined in the early 1900s by the Danish linguist Otto Jespersen to describe a systematic change in the long vowel sounds of English. The changes help to mark the transition from Middle English to … Continue reading →
Released:
Sep 24, 2020
Format:
Podcast episode
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