Shakespeare's Works and Elizabethan Pronunciation

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