Shakespeare's Works and Elizabethan Pronunciation

accepted ambiguous analogy appear assumed attested bear beside century common compared consonant course depend despite Kökeritz diphthong Dobson early Modern English eModE English evidence example exhibits expected explained final forms further Gil's gives hand Hart identity IME ē IME ō IME ū imply instances intended Late latter loss merger Middle English ModE normally OAngl obviously occurs original orthography phoneme phonological position possible present pronunciation raising realization recorded reflect reflex of IME regarded representing rest retained retention rhymes Robinson Shakespeare shortening shown Smith spelling spelt syllable taken thee type of speech unaccented variant varies vowel words writers