KnowraNeogrammarian hypothesisLinked fromLinked fromThe 8 pages that link to Neogrammarian hypothesis, each with the reason it gives.All 8Broader topic 2Related 4Compared with 2Sound changeRelated: It frames the expectation that sound changes apply systematically, not word by word at random.Proto-languageRelated: Regular sound change lets comparisons distinguish inheritance from accidental resemblance.NeogrammariansBroader topic: This principle captures the school’s central claim about regular sound change.August SchleicherCompared with: This later principle sharpened historical explanation beyond Schleicher’s broader biological analogies.Indo-European sound lawsRelated: It made regularity a central methodological principle in historical linguistics.DialectologyCompared with: Dialect evidence tested regular sound change against apparent exceptions and lexical diffusion.Phonological changeRelated: Regularity became a central principle for explaining historical sound change.History of linguisticsBroader topic: Its debate over sound-law regularity reshaped nineteenth-century historical method.