sound law
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Alternative forms
- sound-law (archaic)
Etymology
Calque of German Lautgesetz.
Pronunciation
Noun
sound law (plural sound laws)
- (phonology) A rule that describes historical sound change (the change in pronunciation of a given sound or cluster of sounds) in the development of a language. [from 19th c.]
- 1877, Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, page 118:
- Then, to oversimplify, if there are similarities in sound and meaning between two words that do not obey the sound laws that have been established, we conclude that they have resulted from borrowing.
- 1940, Ainsley Maxwell Carlton, A Relative Chronology of Old Icelandic Sound Laws, Leland Stanford Junior University, page 114:
- In conclusion, we present the sound laws of Old Icelandic in the chronological order which represents the results of this dissertation.
- 2000, Andrew L. Sihler, Language History, John Benjamins Publishing Company, page 50:
- For reasons that will become clear shortly, this limitation of sound laws to a specific time is an important trait.
Translations
rule that describes historical sound change in a language
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See also
Further reading
Great Vowel Shift on Wikipedia.Wikipedia - Canaanite shift on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Grimm's law on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- High German consonant shift on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- I-mutation on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Phonological change on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Verner's law on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
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