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Middle English short vowels were much the same as short vowels in Modern English.
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Although the Great Vowel Shift mainly affected long vowels, short vowels in Middle English were not identical to Modern English short vowels: their qualities, distribution, and behaviour (e.g. reduction to schwa in unstressed positions, fronting/raising in some environments, influence from French) changed over time.
Although the Great Vowel Shift mainly affected long vowels, short vowels in Middle English were not identical to Modern English short vowels: their qualities, distribution, and behaviour (e.g. reduction to schwa in unstressed positions, fronting/raising in some environments, influence from French) changed over time.
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