Winter's law
E520889
Winter's law is a sound law in Balto-Slavic historical linguistics that explains the lengthening of short vowels before voiced stops in Proto-Balto-Slavic.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Winter's law canonical | 1 |
Statements (32)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Balto-Slavic sound law
ⓘ
phonological rule ⓘ sound law ⓘ |
| affects |
Proto-Balto-Slavic prosodic system
ⓘ
Proto-Balto-Slavic vowel quantity ⓘ |
| appliesTo | Proto-Balto-Slavic NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| chronology | Proto-Balto-Slavic period ⓘ |
| concerns |
short vowels
ⓘ
vowel lengthening ⓘ |
| controversy | degree of acceptance among linguists ⓘ |
| environment |
before voiced stops
ⓘ
in stressed syllables ⓘ |
| evidenceFrom |
Baltic vowel length patterns
ⓘ
Slavic vowel length patterns ⓘ |
| field | historical linguistics ⓘ |
| languageFamily | Balto-Slavic NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| motivation | phonological conditioning ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Werner Winter NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| proposedBy | Werner Winter NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| publicationCentury | 20th century ⓘ |
| reconstructsStage | Proto-Balto-Slavic NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Dybo's law
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Holtzmann's law NERFINISHED ⓘ Meillet's law NERFINISHED ⓘ Saussure's law NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| relevance |
Baltic languages
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Slavic languages ⓘ |
| result | lengthened vowels ⓘ |
| status | hypothesis ⓘ |
| typeOfChange |
compensatory lengthening
ⓘ
segmental change ⓘ |
| usedIn | reconstruction of Proto-Balto-Slavic accentuation ⓘ |
Referenced by (1)
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