Phonology in Early Modern English

The Oxford English Dictionary tells us about the word phonology:

"Originally: the science of speech sounds and pronunciation, esp. as they occur in a particular language.

Now: the branch of linguistics concerned with the study of phonological relationships within a language or between different languages; the system of contrastive and phonotactic relations among the speech sounds of a particular language." read more

In the following we will deal with the phonogical changes in the Early Modern Period. We hope you enjoy!