| 单词 | sound-change |
| 释义 | > as lemmassound-change sound-change n. ΚΠ 1866 G. Stephens Old-Northern Runic Monuments I. i. p. xxxvii The law of sound-change in certain given dialects or languages at certain given periods. 1912 L. Bloomfield in Jrnl. Eng. & Germanic Philol. 11 623 S[heffield] confuses the factors—sound-change and analogy—that constitute change in language. 1939 Trans. Philol. Soc. 126 By the assumption that ‘Breaking’, ‘Palatal Diphthongization’, and ‘Back-Mutation’ were developments which can be dated within limits, a system of ‘sound-changes’ has been built up, which in some cases may be purely fictitious, in others only part of a long-drawn-out process. 1962 W. Nowottny Lang. Poets Use i. 5 Calling in alliteration's aid and that of a sound-change. < as lemmas |
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