Episode 141: The Great Vowel Shift (Part 1)

Published: Sept. 24, 2020, 5:31 a.m.

b'The term \\u2018Great Vowel Shift\\u2019 was coined in the early 1900s by the Danish linguist Otto Jespersen to describe a systematic change in the long vowel sounds of English. The changes help to mark the transition from Middle English to \\u2026 Continue reading \\u2192'