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Chain shift and Great Vowel Shift

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Difference between Chain shift and Great Vowel Shift

Chain shift vs. Great Vowel Shift

In historical linguistics, a chain shift is a set of sound changes in which the change in pronunciation of one speech sound (typically, a phoneme) is linked to, and presumably causes, the change in pronunciation of other sounds as well. The Great Vowel Shift was a major series of changes in the pronunciation of the English language that took place, beginning in southern England, primarily between 1350 and the 1600s and 1700s, today influencing effectively all dialects of English.

Similarities between Chain shift and Great Vowel Shift

Chain shift and Great Vowel Shift have 6 things in common (in Unionpedia): Diphthong, Middle English, Phoneme, Scotland, Vowel length, Vowel shift.

Diphthong

A diphthong (or; from Greek: δίφθογγος, diphthongos, literally "two sounds" or "two tones"), also known as a gliding vowel, is a combination of two adjacent vowel sounds within the same syllable.

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Middle English

Middle English (ME) is collectively the varieties of the English language spoken after the Norman Conquest (1066) until the late 15th century; scholarly opinion varies but the Oxford English Dictionary specifies the period of 1150 to 1500.

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Phoneme

A phoneme is one of the units of sound (or gesture in the case of sign languages, see chereme) that distinguish one word from another in a particular language.

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Scotland

Scotland (Alba) is a country that is part of the United Kingdom and covers the northern third of the island of Great Britain.

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Vowel length

In linguistics, vowel length is the perceived duration of a vowel sound.

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Vowel shift

A vowel shift is a systematic sound change in the pronunciation of the vowel sounds of a language.

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Chain shift and Great Vowel Shift Comparison

Chain shift has 56 relations, while Great Vowel Shift has 52. As they have in common 6, the Jaccard index is 5.56% = 6 / (56 + 52).

References

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