The Spoken History of a Global Language
Bonus Episode: Chaucer’s Purse and the Great Vowel Shift
December 17, 2020
26:30
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In this bonus episode of the regular podcast, we explore the effects of the Great Vowel Shift on the pronunciation of English by reading Geoffrey Chaucer’s last known poem in Middle English, early Modern English and contemporary English.