In the underlined sentence, the author moves his explanation of the Great Vowel Shift away from a theoretical discussion of_________________ to a specific example that the reader will find easier to understand. ____________, who said "lood" probably had some difficulty understanding________________, who pronounced the same word "loud".

Fill in the blank spaces with the missing words below the following

her grandson/ historical linguistics/ a grandmother/ modern English/ her mother

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In the underlined sentence, the author moves his explanation of the Great Vowel Shift away from a theoretical discussion of __**historical linguistics**__ to a specific example that the reader will find easier to understand. __**Her mother**__, who said "lood" probably had some difficulty understanding __**her grandson**__, who pronounced the same word "loud".