Early Modern English vowel system

Target entity: Early Modern English vowel system
Context triple: [Middle English vowel system, followedBy, Early Modern English vowel system]

• A. Middle English vowel system
  The Middle English vowel system was the set of long and short vowel sounds used in English between roughly the 12th and 15th centuries, whose structure and qualities were dramatically reorganized during the Great Vowel Shift.
• B. The Sound Pattern of English
  The Sound Pattern of English is a foundational 1968 work in generative phonology by Noam Chomsky and Morris Halle that systematically analyzes the phonological component of grammar within the framework of transformational-generative linguistics.
• C. Great Vowel Shift (late phase)
  The Great Vowel Shift (late phase) was the final stage of a major historical change in English pronunciation during which many long vowel sounds in Middle English moved closer to their modern English values.
• D. Great Vowel Shift (early phase)
  The Great Vowel Shift (early phase) is the initial stage of the major historical change in English pronunciation during which several long vowels began shifting upward in tongue position, setting off the chain of sound changes that transformed Middle English into Early Modern English.
• E. A Historical Phonology of Breton
  A Historical Phonology of Breton is a seminal linguistic study by Kenneth H. Jackson that traces the sound changes and development of the Breton language over time.
• F. None of above. chosen
• G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

Target entity: Early Modern English vowel system
Target entity description: The Early Modern English vowel system was the transitional stage of English pronunciation, marked by the Great Vowel Shift and other changes that reshaped the long-vowel inventory into a form closer to that of Present-Day English.

• A. Middle English vowel system
  The Middle English vowel system was the set of long and short vowel sounds used in English between roughly the 12th and 15th centuries, whose structure and qualities were dramatically reorganized during the Great Vowel Shift.
• B. The Sound Pattern of English
  The Sound Pattern of English is a foundational 1968 work in generative phonology by Noam Chomsky and Morris Halle that systematically analyzes the phonological component of grammar within the framework of transformational-generative linguistics.
• C. Great Vowel Shift (late phase)
  The Great Vowel Shift (late phase) was the final stage of a major historical change in English pronunciation during which many long vowel sounds in Middle English moved closer to their modern English values.
• D. Great Vowel Shift (early phase)
  The Great Vowel Shift (early phase) is the initial stage of the major historical change in English pronunciation during which several long vowels began shifting upward in tongue position, setting off the chain of sound changes that transformed Middle English into Early Modern English.
• E. A Historical Phonology of Breton
  A Historical Phonology of Breton is a seminal linguistic study by Kenneth H. Jackson that traces the sound changes and development of the Breton language over time.
• F. None of above. chosen