Sturtevant’s Law
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Sturtevant’s Law is a linguistic principle in Indo-European studies that explains a characteristic pattern of consonant lengthening in Hittite as a reflex of earlier voiceless stops.
Statements (33)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
linguistic law
ⓘ
phonological rule ⓘ sound law ⓘ |
| appliesTo | Hittite stop consonant system ⓘ |
| appliesToLanguage | Hittite NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| appliesToOrthography | cuneiform writing of Hittite ⓘ |
| concerns |
consonant lengthening
ⓘ
stop consonants ⓘ voiceless stops ⓘ |
| describes | a characteristic pattern of consonant lengthening in Hittite ⓘ |
| evidenceFor |
contrast between reflexes of voiced and voiceless Proto-Indo-European stops in Hittite
ⓘ
phonemic distinction between long and short consonants in Hittite ⓘ |
| field |
Indo-European studies
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
historical linguistics ⓘ |
| hasAbbreviation | none commonly standardized ⓘ |
| involvesFeature |
consonant length
ⓘ
gemination ⓘ voicing ⓘ |
| languageFamily |
Indo-European language family
ⓘ
surface form:
Indo-European
|
| namedAfter | Edgar H. Sturtevant NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| proposedBy | Edgar H. Sturtevant NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Indo-European stop system
ⓘ
laryngeal theory ⓘ |
| relatesStage |
Hittite
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Proto-Indo-European NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| statesThat |
Proto-Indo-European voiced stops are reflected as single consonants in Hittite orthography
ⓘ
Proto-Indo-European voiceless stops are reflected as geminate consonants in Hittite orthography ⓘ |
| status | widely cited in Hittite and Indo-European scholarship ⓘ |
| timeOfProposal | early 20th century ⓘ |
| topicOf | debate in Indo-European phonology ⓘ |
| typeOfChange | regular sound correspondence ⓘ |
| usedFor |
interpretation of Hittite spelling conventions
ⓘ
reconstruction of Proto-Indo-European consonant system ⓘ |
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