The change that occurred during the great vowel shift affected

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14 May, 02:22

The change that occurred during the great vowel shift affected

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Norah Villa · Answer 1

It is the biggest change that has occurred in the pronunciation of the English language in the fifteenth century. This change mainly concerned the pronunciation of long vowels and is the direct cause of the current discrepancy between the spelling and pronunciation of English.