What distinguishes the Great Vowel Shift’s effect on long vowels from its impact on short vowels in English?

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Long vowels remained stable while short vowels underwent extensive diphthongization and fronting processes.

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Both long and short vowels underwent identical upward movements, but short vowels completed the shift approximately one century earlier.

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Long vowels moved up one position in the vowel trapezoid and the highest vowels became diphthongs, while short vowels remained largely unchanged throughout the shift.

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Short vowels were fronted and raised while long vowels were systematically shortened and lowered in the mouth.

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