| 单词 | vowel shift |
| 释义 | > as lemmasvowel shift vowel shift n. a phonetic change of vowel or vowels, spec. applied to a series of changes between medieval and modern English affecting the long vowels of the standard language; frequently in great vowel shift; cf. shift n. 14d. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > linguistics > study of speech sound > speech sound > sound changes > [noun] > vowel shift vowel shift1909 1909 O. Jespersen Mod. Eng. Gram. I. viii. 231 The great vowel-shift consists in a general raising of all long vowels. 1933 O. Jespersen Essent. Eng. Gram. iii. 34 The greatest revolution that has taken place in the phonetic system of English is the vowel-shift. 1936 Ess. & Stud. 21 10 The great vowel-shift of the late Middle Ages was followed by numerous other changes. 1964 C. Barber Ling. Change Present-day Eng. iii. 51 The great vowel-shift which took place between Middle English and Modern English. 1977 Canad. Jrnl. Linguistics 1976 21 ii. 177 After the application of the degemination rule and the vowel shift rule one obtains [eksīd]. < as lemmas |
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