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Language history and change

Which vowels were changed by the Great vowel Shift?
All vowels
Most long vowels
All stressed vowels
All long vowels
What is semantic broadening?
It is the process through which the usage of words begins to become more general than it used to be.
It is a type of semantic change by which the meaning of a word becomes less general or inclusive than its earlier meaning.
Refers to the study of the meaning of words
Which of the following words is an example of narrowing?
Picture
Dog
Meat
Cool
When did the Great Vowel Shift happen?
In the 18th century
In the 15th century
From 1400 to 1600
From 1100 to 1500
What is prothesis?
The loss of a short unaccented vowel (or syllable) at the beginning of a word.
It is a term used in phonetics and phonology to refer to the addition of a sound to the beginning of a word.
It is a term used in linguistics to describe a language pattern where a sequence of two sounds occurs in one order in one context and in the opposite order in a related context.
What is the Great vowel Shift?
It was a series of systemic changes in the pronunciation of English vowels that occurred in southern England during the late Middle English period.
A term coined by Eve Clark
The process used to establish a possible family connection between different languages
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