historical sound change

Historical sound change is the systematic alteration of speech sounds in a language over time, resulting in predictable shifts in pronunciation patterns across generations.

Observed surface forms (6)

• sound change ×3
• historical linguistic phenomenon ×2
• consonant shift ×1
• historical linguistic principle ×1
• historical linguistics concept ×1
• phonological law ×1

Instances (6)

• Ingvaeonic nasal spirant law via concept surface "sound change"
• Grimm's law via concept surface "historical linguistics concept"
• Verner's law via concept surface "historical linguistic principle"
• Great Vowel Shift (early phase) via concept surface "sound change"
• Great Vowel Shift (late phase)
• High German consonant shift via concept surface "sound change"