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Great Vowel Shift in English

pronunciation change in English between 1350 and 1700
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Great Vowel Shift in English

Summary

Great Vowel Shift in English is a vowel shift[1]. It draws 1,095 Wikipedia views per month (vowel_shift category, ranking #1 of 3).[2]

Key Facts

  • Great Vowel Shift in English's instance of is recorded as vowel shift[3].
  • Great Vowel Shift in English's instance of is recorded as chain shift[4].
  • Great Vowel Shift in English's audio is recorded as ME-EME-bite.ogg[5].
  • Great Vowel Shift in English's GND ID is recorded as 4250010-2[6].
  • Great Vowel Shift in English's part of is recorded as history of English[7].
  • Great Vowel Shift in English's start time is recorded as +1350-00-00T00:00:00Z[8].
  • Great Vowel Shift in English's end time is recorded as +1700-00-00T00:00:00Z[9].
  • Great Vowel Shift in English's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03cj8[10].
  • Great Vowel Shift in English's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as topic/Great-Vowel-Shift[11].
  • Great Vowel Shift in English's schematic is recorded as Great Vowel Shift2b.svg[12].
  • Great Vowel Shift in English's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 2776774430[13].
  • Great Vowel Shift in English's NicoNicoPedia ID is recorded as 大母音推移[14].
  • Great Vowel Shift in English's J-GLOBAL ID is recorded as 201606010062656430[15].
  • Great Vowel Shift in English's Namuwiki ID is recorded as 대모음 추이[16].

Why It Matters

Great Vowel Shift in English draws 1,095 Wikipedia views per month (vowel_shift category, ranking #1 of 3).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 21 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[17] It is known by 12 alternative names across languages and contexts.[18]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [17] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [18] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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