![]() Vowel-shift of the fifteenth century, but as survivals of a ![]() I-forms should be explained not "as anticipations of the But Malone (1930) rejects a hypothesis of theĮarly occurrence of the Great Vowel Shift, stating that occasional early Instances testify to an Old English and Early Middle English tendency to Slepan 'sleep' Psalm LXXV, 6) or scip (OE scep Hir (OE her Lindisfarne Gosp., Mark), slypton (preterite plural of It is sufficient to quote fyt (OE fet Cart. However, other Old English forms reflecting e-raising are quite Writer's improper interpretation of the spelling evidence (cf. Rhymes adduced in Prins's (1942a, 1942b) two well-known articlesĬannot be treated as the evidence of early narrowing because of the The raising of the long close vowel le:]. Rhymes like me : companee, with a reverse spelling which may testify to Quite numerous are forms with the early narrowing in Sir Ferumbras,Ī metrical romance representing the Southwestern dialect of Devonshire Metrical paraphrase of Psalm LV (LVI), v. hydan for -hedan 'heed' occurs as early as Old English (a It is even more surprising that the spelling Sp(r)eche 'speech') or sichinde (present participle of OE Especially frequent proved to bu i-spellings for the earlierĮ-spellings reflecting long close. Very beginning such dating has been contested by historical linguists who adduced instances of spellings indicating a raised pronunciation of I-/u-diphthongisation) took place in the 15th century. ) and Luick's (1940) classic studies of English phonology, e-Īnd o-raising as well as the remaining three changes (a-raising, It is common knowledge that the raising of the long mid-front vowel to, as in green, meet, tree, etc., is part of a sequence ofĬhanges known as the Great Vowel Shift. ![]() The relevant evidence coming from Eastern and Northern dialects. As regards regional distribution, the early raising was inĪll probability initiated in the non-Western areas of England, most of The change, especially round before, with only a fewĮxamples in other contexts, shows a pattern typical of lexicalĭiffusion. Narrowing of the long mid close vowel even before the 15thĬentury, a date generally considered the initial stage of the Great The paper discusses the early i-/y-spellings which may indicate the ![]() APA style: Middle English e-raising: a prelude to the Great Vowel Shift.Middle English e-raising: a prelude to the Great Vowel Shift." Retrieved from 2004 Adam Mickiewicz University Press 01 Jul. MLA style: "Middle English e-raising: a prelude to the Great Vowel Shift." The Free Library. ![]()
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