sound change

Noun

Meaning

sound change (plural sound changes)

(phonology) Any process of language change that affects pronunciation (phonetic change) or sound system structures (phonological change)

Source: en.wiktionary.org

Synonyms

sound law

Examples

Apparent exceptions are possible, due to analogy and other regularization processes, or another sound change, or an unrecognized conditioning factor. Source: Internet

Grimm had, at last, awakened to the full conviction that all philology must be based on rigorous adherence to the laws of sound change in order to be sound, and he subsequently never deviated from this principle. Source: Internet

Grimm's law was the first non-trivial systematic sound change to be discovered. Source: Internet

Another source of sound change is the erosion of words as pronunciation gradually becomes increasingly indistinct and shortens words, leaving out syllables or sounds. Source: Internet

Cree includes all dialects which have not undergone the *k > /tʃ/ sound change (BC–QC) while Montagnais encompasses the territory where this sound change has occurred (QC–NL). Source: Internet

Each sound change is limited in space and time. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

sound card sound carrier sound cavity sound change law sound change principle sound clip