The Rise and Fall of the Great Vowel Shift? The Changing Ideological Intersections of Philology, Historical Linguistics, and Literary History

Giancarlo, Matthew

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“…This picture shows that all phonemic long vowels were ''raised'' in their places of articulation, and those that could not be raised any higher were ''pushed out'' and became double-vowels or diphthongs, and this occurred from the end of the fourteenth century until about the eighteenth century (Giancarlo, 2001). This, he suggests, symbolizes a literal revolution in English phonology.…”

Section: Figure 1 the Diagram Of The English Great Vowel Shiftmentioning

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“…Rhymes in Chaucer's poems and Pope's poems, for example, can demonstrate how Middle English and Modern English were significantly different, particularly due to the transformed pronunciation known as the Great Vowel Shift (GVS) (Xenia, 2015;Avdiu et al, 2021). Although there has been a long debate on its status and history (Prichard, 2014), the Great Vowel Shift has explained the phonetic displacement of all poetry and prose written before the early modern era, the obvious yet orderly differences between our language and that of Geoffrey Chaucer, William Langland, or John Gower (Giancarlo, 2001). The phonological change has been argued to be caused by the enhancement of a duration cue involved in the signaling of phonological contrasts involving the opposition between long and short vowels (Gussenhoven, 2017).…”

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A Study of Rhymes in Pope’s Poems: A Historical Perspective

Anggraheni

2023

MUKASI: Jurnal Ilmu Komunikasi

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Rhyme is a poetic device that can be studied to know the poetic style of certain writer. The rhyme which was used in historical poetry will also provide a clue of the word pronunciation in certain era in the past. This study investigates the rhymes used by Alexander Pope in the late seventeenth century (early eighteen century), an era called Modern English which is interesting for its in-between characteristics, meaning that the language is similar to and different from current English. Accordingly, this study also aims at identifying the distinctive phonological feature in the form of vowel shift and unveiling the historical background of Pope’s rhyme choice. In order to achieve the purposes, the researcher analyzed fifteen poems written by Pope. The result shows that the rhyme scheme mostly used by Pope is the couplet aabbcc, even though the pattern varies. Some of the rhyming words give a clue on the pronunciation through the vowel shifts, by comparing them to the current English. Some of the vowels were more likely the result of the Great Vowel Shift effect in Renaissance era. Historically, the type of rhyme used by Pope shows that poems, as satirical verses, were used as an ideal vehicle to criticize the situation of English language development and the authority.

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Section: Figure 1 the Diagram Of The English Great Vowel Shiftmentioning

confidence: 98%