LINA02H3 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Great Vowel Shift, Spelling Pronunciation, Apocope
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Word orders in this time period would not work in modern times. The an suffix indicates both plurality and past tense. Certain words have disappeared from the lexicon. The great vowel shift began in this period and continued on until the 18th century. Articulatory simplification: typically related to helping the ease of articulation. May delete a consonant from a cluster or insert a vowel to break up a cluster. Perceptual bias: people pick up pronunciations of words from how other people say them and how they perceive this. This can lead to auditory overlap that causes a change. Spelling pronunciation: this occurs when a speaker uses the spelling of a word (which can be very different from how it is actually pronounced) as the pronunciation. Analogy: the following of a regular pattern over an irregular pattern. It usually involves making a word into a compound when it was not originally supposed to be a compound.
