KnowraSound changeLinked fromLinked fromThe 45 pages that link to Sound change, each with the reason it gives.All 45Broader topic 1Related 29Narrower topic 13Compared with 2NeogrammariansNarrower topic: Neogrammarians treated it as the central object of historical explanation.Laryngeal theoryNarrower topic: The theory explains how ancestral consonants could disappear while leaving systematic effects.Verner's lawNarrower topic: Verner's law is a specific example of conditioned historical sound change.High German consonant shiftNarrower topic: The shift is a cluster of sound changes rather than a single isolated event.Neogrammarian hypothesisNarrower topic: The hypothesis describes sound change as systematic rather than word-by-word.Phonological changeNarrower topic: Phonological change is sound change specifically viewed through a language’s sound system.Chinese phonologyNarrower topic: Regular sound changes account for systematic differences among Chinese varieties and historical stages.LenitionNarrower topic: Lenition is a recurrent pathway of historical sound change.Slavic second palatalizationNarrower topic: The palatalization is a conditioned historical sound change.Slavic third palatalizationNarrower topic: This phenomenon is a specific sound change with identifiable conditioning and outcomes.HaplologyNarrower topic: Historical haplology is one specific kind of sound change.Monophthongization of diphthongs in Proto-SlavicNarrower topic: Monophthongization is a specific kind of historical sound change.Osthoff's lawNarrower topic: Osthoff's law is a historical, environment-conditioned sound change.