{"product_id":"great-vowel-shift-from-middle-to-standard-english-von-victoria-tutschka","title":"Great Vowel Shift","description":"\u003cp\u003eSeminar paper from the year 2009 in the subject English Language and Literature Studies - Linguistics, grade: 1,3, University of Erfurt (Sprachwissenschaft), course: Regionale Varietäten, language: English, abstract: Every language changes over time. Due to historical, political and social events, like population shifts or movements, a language develops and  becomes versatile, as intralinguistic variations emerge between different regions and dialects.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOne 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.[INT1]  A Chain Shift is ¿a change in the position of two phonemes in which one moves away from an original position that is occupied by the other.¿(Labov 1994: 118)   \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe linguist William Labov classifies three principles, which are applicable to  all the Chain Shifts:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePrinciple I: long vowels rise (as in the Great Vowel Shift)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePrinciple II: short vowels fall \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePrinciple IIa: the nuclei of upgliding diphthongs fall \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePrinciple III: back vowels move to the front \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e(Labov 1994:116)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv class=\"aw-variant-hidden-subtitle-div\" id=\"aw-variant-subtitle-9783640489374\"\u003e\u003ch3\u003eFrom Middle to Standard English\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Libri","offers":[{"title":"Softcover - 9783640489374","offer_id":39425407385693,"sku":"9783640489374","price":17.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0940\/0622\/files\/fb7590d8-cd42-4a24-97a7-51ce27218507.jpg?v=1777611824","url":"https:\/\/shop.autorenwelt.de\/products\/great-vowel-shift-from-middle-to-standard-english-von-victoria-tutschka","provider":"Autorenwelt Shop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}