Great Vowel Shift

Question 1

the GVS - Affected only :

Answer 1

long vowels

Question 2

The high vowels /i:/ and /u:/ became :

Answer 2

diphthongized to /ai/ and /au/.

Question 3

English has (old) _____ matched to the (newer) ______.

Answer 3

ME orthography, EME sound system

Question 4

what mark
the beginning of a decoupling of pronunciation from spelling.
?

Answer 4

The Great Vowel Shift together with printing

Question 5

Words borrowed early, a couple of centuries after the Norman conquest:

Answer 5

retain the
pronunciation of Norman French at the time.
- ch /tʃ/: chief, chance, charge, merchant
- oi /ɔɪ/: joy, toil, point, join

Question 6

Later borrowings were from Central (Parisian) French and reflect:

Answer 6

a later pronunciation

- ch /ʃ/: chauffeur, chic, machine (borrowed 1540s)

Question 7

Words borrowed early from Norman French have had a lot of time to become anglicized and are
accented on the:

Answer 7

first syllable (merchant, chamber, warranty)

Question 8

Later borrowings tend to retain the French stress on the :

Answer 8

last syllable: machine, guarantee, prestige

Question 9

Why does pronunciation change?

* Discredited theories

Answer 9

• Climate

- Racial characteristics

Question 10

neighbouring sounds become more alike :

Answer 10

assimilation

Question 11

neighbouring sounds become different:

Answer 11

dissimilation

Question 12

tendency for clusters to be simplified:

Answer 12

simplification

Question 13

unstressed syllable is dropped:

Answer 13

Elision