Questão 96730 de Língua Inglesa - PORTAL CONCURSOS 2025

Questão

ID 96730

Disciplina: Língua Inglesa

Assunto: Fonética e Pronúncia | Phonetics And Pronunciation

Ano: 2025 Banca: PORTAL CONCURSOS Órgão: PORTAL CONCURSOS

The Great Vowel Shift (GVS) was a series of profound and systemic changes in the pronunciation of the English language that took place primarily between the 15th and 18th centuries. This historical phonological development fundamentally altered the long vowels of Middle English, distinguishing it from Early Modern English. For instance, the Middle English long vowel /i:/ (as in 'mice') became the diphthong /aɪ/, and the long /u:/ (as in 'mouse') transformed into /aʊ/. However, the GVS was not a monolithic event but a complex chain of shifts, where the raising of mid vowels is theorized to have created a phonological vacuum, pulling high vowels into diphthongization. Considering the intricate mechanisms and exceptions to this rule, analyze the following statements and identify the most accurate description of the GVS's impact and characteristics.

Alternativa A:
The shift was universally consistent across all long vowels, with no exceptions or regional variations, leading to a completely predictable phonetic outcome in Modern English.
Alternativa B:
The primary trigger for the Great Vowel Shift was the Norman Conquest, which introduced French phonetic patterns that destabilized the existing Middle English vowel system.
Alternativa C:
The shift exclusively affected long vowels, causing them to raise in articulation. High vowels like /i:/ and /u:/, having no higher position to move to, became diphthongs, a process known as a 'drag chain' or 'pull chain' reaction.
Alternativa D:
The Great Vowel Shift is considered a 'push chain' phenomenon, where the diphthongization of high vowels /i:/ and /u:/ initiated the process, forcing the mid and low vowels to shift into the newly available phonetic space.
Alternativa E:
Certain words, particularly those with vowels followed by the velar fricative /x/ (spelled ), like 'thought' or 'night', were often exceptions to the main GVS rules, retaining a pronunciation closer to their pre-shift values for a longer period or undergoing a different phonetic evolution.

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