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PRONUNCIATION OF VOWEL SHIFT

vowel shift  [ˈvaʊəl ʃɪft] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF VOWEL SHIFT

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preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Vowel shift is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES VOWEL SHIFT MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Vowel shift

A vowel shift is a systematic sound change in the pronunciation of the vowel sounds of a language. The best-known example in the English language is the Great Vowel Shift, which began in the 15th century. The Greek language also underwent a vowel shift near the beginning of the Common Era, which included iotacism. Among the Semitic languages, the Canaanite languages underwent a shift in which Proto-Semitic *ā became ō in Proto-Canaanite. A vowel shift can involve a merger of two previously different sounds, or it can be a chain shift.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH VOWEL SHIFT


blueshift
ˈbluːˌʃɪft
downshift
ˈdaʊnˌʃɪft
frameshift
ˈfreɪmˌʃɪft
gearshift
ˈɡɪəʃɪft
kerchiefed
ˈkɜːtʃɪft
loanshift
ˈləʊnˌʃɪft
makeshift
ˈmeɪkˌʃɪft
manshift
ˈmænˌʃɪft
rankshift
ˈræŋkˌʃɪft
redshift
ˈredˌʃɪft
shift
ʃɪft
unshift
ʌnˈʃɪft
upshift
ʌpˈʃɪft

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE VOWEL SHIFT

voulu
voussoir
Vouvray
vow
vowel
vowel gradation
vowel mutation
vowel point
vowel sound
vowel-less
vowel-like
vowelisation
vowelise
vowelization
vowelize
vowelly
vower
vowess
vowless
vows

WORDS THAT END LIKE VOWEL SHIFT

back shift
consonant shift
day shift
Doppler shift
Einstein shift
function shift
graveyard shift
Great Vowel Shift
Lamb shift
night shift
paradigm shift
scene shift
sound shift
split shift
stick shift
swing shift
whift

Synonyms and antonyms of vowel shift in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «vowel shift» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF VOWEL SHIFT

Find out the translation of vowel shift to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of vowel shift from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «vowel shift» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

元音转变
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

cambio de vocal
570 millions of speakers

English

vowel shift
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

स्वर पारी
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

تحول حرف العلة
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

гласный сдвиг
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

mudança de vogal
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

স্বরবর্ণ স্থানান্তর
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

voyelle changement
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Peralihan vokal
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Lautverschiebung
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

母音シフト
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

모음 이동
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Shift aksara
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

sự thay đổi nguyên âm
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

உயிர் மாற்றம்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

स्वर पालट
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Ünlü hareketi
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

spostamento vocale
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

zmiana samogłoski
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

гласний зрушення
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

schimbare vocală
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

μετατόπιση φωνήεν
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

vokaal verskuiwing
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

vokal skift
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

vokalskifte
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of vowel shift

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «VOWEL SHIFT»

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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «VOWEL SHIFT» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about vowel shift

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «VOWEL SHIFT»

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Great Vowel Shift
One of the most important changes in the English language, which appeared especially in the south of England during the 15th to 18th centuries, was a Chain Shift, the so-called Great Vowel Shift.
Victoria Tutschka, 2009
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The Great Vowel Shift
Seminar paper from the year 2011 in the subject English Language and Literature Studies - Linguistics, grade: 2,7, University of Cologne (Englisches Seminar), course: Early Modern English, language: English, comment: Bewertung: "Der ...
Timm Ole Bernshausen, 2013
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History of Englishes: New Methods and Interpretations in ...
1. Scene-setting. One of the privileges of age is a license for public retrospection. This year (1990) marks my official majority in Greal Vowel Shift affairs; it was exactly twenty-one years ago (Lass 1969) that I first entered the arena (with the ...
Matti Rissanen, 1992
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Inventing English: A Portable History of the Language
"Seth Lerer's Inventing English is a history of the English language from the age of Beowulf to the rap of Eminem.
Seth Lerer, 2013
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The Nordic Languages 2: An International Handbook of the ...
Since the short vowels do not participate in the vowel shift, short /o/ is now left without a long counterpart. This vowel is the result of lowered /u/ (k[u]l > k[o]l 'coal' , dr[u]pi > dr[6\pe 'drop', art. 102, 3.2.) and of /o:/ shortened to /o/ (gott 'good (neut. ) ...
Oskar Bandle, Kurt Braunmuller, Ernst-Hakon Jahr, 2005
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Optimality Theory and Language Change
VIOLA MIGLIO & BRUCE MOREN MERGER AVOIDANCE AND LEXICAL RECONSTRUCTION An Optimality-Theoretic model of the Great Vowel Shift Abstract. This paper offers a model of the Great Vowel Shift (GVS) within Optimality Theory ...
D.E. Holt, International Linguistic Association, 2003
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An Historical Study of English: Function, Form and Change
Provides examples of these changes, such as the standardisation of spellings and accent and the origins of the Great Vowel Shift Focuses on the origins of two non-standard varieties; eighteenth century Scots and twentieth century British ...
Jeremy Smith, 2003
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Language History and Linguistic Modelling: A Festschrift for ...
Milwaukee, debauch, applaud, guffaw, distraught, etc. is represented as tense “ script a”, [a], i.e the low back nonround vowel, which, in some dialects, is rounded after the Vowel Shift rule applies, then the question is how the stressed vowels of  ...
Raymond Hickey, Stanislav Puppel, 1997
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Markedness and Faithfulness in Vowel Systems
In its analysis of the Great Vowel Shift, this book elaborates a more useful model of a unitary change even in a surface-oriented theory such as optimality theory, with the help of local conjunction.
Viola Miglio, 2005
10
Methods and Data in English Historical Dialectology
Jeremy J. Smith Phonological Space and the Actuation of the Great Vowel Shift m Scotland and Northern England l . The Northern Vowel Shift Students of English historical phonology have, traditionally and notoriously, focussed on the ...
Marina Dossena, Roger Lass, 2004

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «VOWEL SHIFT»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term vowel shift is used in the context of the following news items.
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Sah-ry, eh? We're in the midst of the Canadian Vowel Shift
In a linguistic pivot called the Canadian Vowel Shift, we are pronouncing “God” more like “gawd,” “bagel” like “bahgel,” “pillow” like “pellow,” and “sorry” less like ... «Macleans.ca, Aug 15»
2
Canadian voice about to die as 'Vowel shift' could make them sound …
According to linguistic researchers in the norther nation, a linguistic shift more ... more than twenty years and is shifting vowels 'higher and backer in the mouth'. «Daily Mail, Aug 15»
3
Crossing the threshold: Why “thresh ~ thrash”?
We should only observe that the old verbs began with þ– (= th-) and a vowel ... of English underwent a major restructuring known as the Great Vowel Shift. «OUPblog, Feb 15»
4
Why do we pronounce February without the "r"?
At the same time, the English language was undergoing the Great Vowel Shift, one of whose features entailed that the long vowel 'u:' was split into a glide 'y' ... «The Independent, Feb 15»
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Monthly gleanings for January 2015
However, the vowel shift, great or not so great, had partly unpredictable results; compare Dutch huis. The vowel in bread has undergone many changes since ... «OUPblog, Jan 15»
6
Why do we have silent letters in the English language?
In the Germanic language, open syllables had long vowels, so 'bit' would be short ... in English is actually more than just length because of the Great Vowel Shift. «The Independent, Jan 15»
7
That Minnesota accent is something to be proud of
Accents often occur in the vowels of words, and in Minnesota, it's no different. .... the “northern cities vowel shift” — changes to vowels that have been established ... «Washington Times, Dec 14»
8
That Minnesoooota accent is something to be proud of
Accents often occur in the vowels of words, and in Minnesota, it's no different. .... the "northern cities vowel shift" -- changes to vowels that have been established ... «TwinCities.com-Pioneer Press, Dec 14»
9
Word Odyssey: History of English—Part II
No one knows for sure why the Great Vowel Shift happened. One guess is that Middle English literature reflected the language of London, but with the social ... «Tucson Weekly, Feb 14»
10
Aunt, adult, pajamas: Why can't we agree how to pronounce …
In fact, the "ant" pronunciation is the older one, but it shifted to "ahnt" in England ... our "long" vowels went through the Great Vowel Shift in the late medieval era. «The Week Magazine, Feb 14»

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