Examine the following list of words from Modern English. Given what
you know about the Great Vowel Shift, how was each word probably
pronounced in Middle English? Transcribe each word into the International
Phonetic Alphabet first as it is pronounced in Modern English and then
as you think it was probably pronounced in Middle English. NOTE:
The spelling “ow” was another way of writing “ou.” So, treat the
combination “ow” as if it were “ou.” (A “w” is called
“double u” because originally it was “uu” -- so that “ow” =
“ouu.”)
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| get | ||
| male | ||
| kind | ||
| joust | ||
| wake | ||
| keep | ||
| ill | ||
| go | ||
| doubt | ||
| face | ||
| chide | ||
| feast | ||
| hate | ||
| less | ||
| how | ||
| proud | ||
| nice | ||
| do | ||
| steal | ||
| speed | ||
| hope | ||
| stiff | ||
| blame | ||
| boon | ||
| brown | ||
| prove | ||
| boat | ||
| bride | ||
| choose | ||
| close | ||
| lend | ||
| clean | ||
| count | ||
| cry |