Early Modern English #1
What was the invention that helped kickstart the Great Vowel Shift?
The printer.
What is the Great Vowel Shift?
A series of pronunciation changes in the English language.
What is the stage after Early Modern English?
Late Modern English.
______ _______ had already become a kind of standard in manuscript documents.
London English
Between ____ and ____ English spelling gradually became regularized.
1475, 1630
What is a diphthong?
A sound formed by the combination of two vowels in a single syllable.
ex: (mite, meet, mate)
Long a became a _____ vowel.
front
v and e were graphic variants of what?
What are 'strong verbs'?
Verbs which indicate tense by a vowel change (and do not have a dental segment but I don't expect the class to remember that).
Provide an example of an affirmative question:
If you said something like "do you [verb] this" or "would you [verb] this", you're right.