The Spoken History of a Global Language

Bonus Episode: Chaucer’s Purse and the Great Vowel Shift

December 17, 2020 26:30 19.19 MB Downloads: 0
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.