Szemerényi's law
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Szemerényi's law is a sound law in Proto-Indo-European linguistics that explains the loss of certain final consonants with compensatory lengthening of the preceding vowel.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Szemerényi's law canonical | 1 |
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Proto-Indo-European sound law
ⓘ
phonological rule ⓘ sound law ⓘ |
| affects |
final *-h₂ in Proto-Indo-European
ⓘ
final *-n in Proto-Indo-European ⓘ final *-r in Proto-Indo-European ⓘ final *-s in Proto-Indo-European ⓘ |
| appliesIn | prehistory of several Indo-European branches ⓘ |
| appliesTo |
Proto-Indo-European
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Proto-Indo-European accusative singular endings ⓘ Proto-Indo-European neuter nominative-accusative forms ⓘ Proto-Indo-European nominative singular endings ⓘ |
| category | law of sound change ⓘ |
| concerns | interaction of final consonants and vowel quantity ⓘ |
| condition |
applies after a resonant
ⓘ
applies in word-final position ⓘ |
| describes |
compensatory lengthening of preceding vowel
ⓘ
loss of certain final consonants in Proto-Indo-European ⓘ |
| domain | word-final consonant clusters ⓘ |
| evidenceFrom | comparative method in Indo-European linguistics ⓘ |
| explains |
long vowels in some Proto-Indo-European nominative singular forms
ⓘ
loss of final *-s in nominative singular of some Proto-Indo-European nouns ⓘ |
| field |
Indo-European studies
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
historical linguistics ⓘ |
| hasConsequence |
creation of long-vowel stems in Proto-Indo-European
ⓘ
mismatch between underlying and surface final consonants ⓘ |
| involves |
apocope of final consonants
ⓘ
vowel lengthening ⓘ |
| languageFamily |
Indo-European language family
ⓘ
surface form:
Indo-European languages
|
| mechanism | compensatory lengthening ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Oswald Szemerényi NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| proposedBy | Oswald Szemerényi NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Brugmann's law
ⓘ
Stang's law NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| result |
lengthening of preceding vowel
ⓘ
loss of final *-h₂ after resonant ⓘ loss of final *-n after resonant ⓘ loss of final *-r after resonant ⓘ loss of final *-s after resonant ⓘ |
| status | widely accepted in Indo-European linguistics ⓘ |
| theoreticalBasis | Neogrammarian hypothesis of regular sound change NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| timeDepth | late Proto-Indo-European NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| typeOfChange | regular sound change ⓘ |
| usedFor |
explaining alternations in Indo-European case endings
ⓘ
explaining alternations in Indo-European noun stems ⓘ |
| usedIn | reconstruction of Proto-Indo-European forms ⓘ |
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