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A Dictionary of Phonetics and Phonology

vowel shift

/∫ift/ n. 1. Any phonological development in a language in which a whole class of vowels undergoes a systematic change in quality, such as the Great Vowel Shift of English. 2. See Great Vowel Shift (sense 2).

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Vowel Shift from A Dictionary of Phonetics and Phonology. ISBN: 0-203-69511-9. Published: 2005–01–03. ©2009 Taylor and Francis. All rights reserved.



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