Phonological history of English vowels

In the history of English phonology, there have been many diachronic sound changes affecting vowels, especially involving phonemic splits and mergers. == Great Vowel Shift and trisyllabic laxing == The Great Vowel Shift was a series of chain shifts that affected historical long vowels but left short vowels largely alone.

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Phonological history of English vowels

In the history of English phonology, there have been many diachronic sound changes affecting vowels, especially involving phonemic splits and mergers. == Great Vowel Shift and trisyllabic laxing == The Great Vowel Shift was a series of chain shifts that affected historical long vowels but left short vowels largely alone.

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