单词 | consonant shift |
释义 | > as lemmasconsonant shift consonant shift n. Philology a change in consonantal sounds, spec. that which took place (1) in the development of the Germanic languages, as set forth in the formula known as Grimm's Law, (2) in the later development of High German from Common West Germanic. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > linguistics > study of speech sound > speech sound > sound changes > [noun] > consonant shift consonant shift1888 1888 H. Sweet Hist. Eng. Sounds (new ed.) 93 The second, or High German, consonant-shift. 1905 O. Jespersen Growth & Struct. Eng. Lang. 23 The consonant-shift is important to the modern philologist. 1934 S. Robertson Devel. Mod. Eng. (1936) ii. 31 Later philologists than Grimm found it necessary to qualify and modify his statement of the consonant-shift. < as lemmas |
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