Difference between revisions of "Sound change"
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Sound change is a kind of language change concerning the phonological system (including phonetic realisation).
If a sound change is a general phenomenon, it is called a sound law or a phonetical rule. Exceptions to the law or rule can normally be explained by analogy.
To describe sound changes, a special notation is used:
[-son][+voiced] > [-son][-voiced] /__#
= voiced non-sonorant sounds, i.e., voiced obstruents become voiceless at the end of a word (final devoicing).
andere Sprachen
German Lautwandel
