Neogrammarian hypothesis of sound laws
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The Neogrammarian hypothesis of sound laws is a linguistic principle asserting that phonetic changes in a language occur regularly and without exceptions under the same conditions, forming the basis for systematic historical-comparative linguistics.
All labels observed (5)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Neogrammarian hypothesis of exceptionless sound laws | 1 |
| Neogrammarian hypothesis of sound laws canonical | 1 |
| Neogrammarian school | 1 |
| Neogrammarian sound law hypothesis | 1 |
| Neogrammarians | 1 |
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
linguistic hypothesis
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principle of historical linguistics ⓘ theoretical framework in phonology ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Neogrammarian hypothesis of sound laws
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surface form:
Neogrammarian sound law hypothesis
doctrine of exceptionless sound laws ⓘ |
| appliesTo |
diachronic phonology
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phonetic change ⓘ sound change ⓘ |
| associatedWithCentury | 19th century ⓘ |
| associatedWithCountry | Germany ⓘ |
| associatedWithMovement |
Neogrammarian hypothesis of sound laws
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surface form:
Neogrammarian school
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| associatedWithPlace | Leipzig school of linguistics ⓘ |
| basedOn | regularity of sound change ⓘ |
| contrastedWith | views that allow arbitrary exceptions in sound change ⓘ |
| coreIdea |
apparent exceptions to sound laws are due to analogy or other secondary processes
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phonetic changes in a language occur regularly under the same conditions ⓘ regular sound correspondences can be used to reconstruct proto-languages ⓘ sound change is exceptionless when all relevant conditions are specified ⓘ sound laws apply mechanically to all relevant lexical items ⓘ |
| criticizedFor |
overstating the exceptionlessness of sound change
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underestimating the role of analogy ⓘ |
| epistemicStatus | foundational but partially revised in later linguistics ⓘ |
| field |
Indo-European studies
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comparative linguistics ⓘ historical linguistics ⓘ phonology ⓘ |
| hasConsequence |
apparent irregularities must be explained by analogy or borrowing
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phonetic environment conditions sound change ⓘ sound change is independent of meaning ⓘ sound change is not teleological ⓘ |
| historicalContext | formulated in late 19th-century German linguistics ⓘ |
| influenced |
20th-century phonology
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modern historical-comparative methodology ⓘ structuralist linguistics ⓘ the concept of regular sound correspondences ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
August Schleicher's work
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comparative Indo-European philology ⓘ |
| methodologicalRole |
guides reconstruction of unattested proto-forms
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provides justification for systematic comparison of languages ⓘ |
| relatedConcept |
analogy in language change
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exceptionless sound change ⓘ phonetic conditioning ⓘ regular sound correspondence ⓘ sound law ⓘ |
| supports |
comparative method in historical linguistics
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systematic reconstruction of proto-forms ⓘ |
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Neogrammarian hypothesis of exceptionless sound laws
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Hermann Osthoff
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Neogrammarians
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Neogrammarian sound law hypothesis
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Neogrammarian school