Regular sound change; The evidence of a single example
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6174463 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Alexander Adelaar (0000-0002-6269-4146, The University of Melbourne, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2018 |
| Volume | 19 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 408-408 |
| Publication date | 2018-10-31 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Wacana Journal of the Humanities of Indonesia (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1411-2272 • E-ISSN: 2407-6899 |
| Publisher | Wacana Journal of the Humanities of Indonesia (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.17510/wacana.v19i2.703 |
| OpenAlex | W2906067588 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
The Neogrammarians of the Leipzig School introduced the principle that sound changes are regular and that this regularity is without exceptions. At least as a working hypothesis, this principle has remained the basis of the comparative method up to this day. In the first part of this paper, I give a short account of how historical linguists have defended this principle and have dealt with apparent counter evidence. In the second part, I explore if a sound change can be regular if it is attested in one instance only. I conclude that it is, provided that the concomitant phonetic (and phonotactic) evidence supporting it is also based on regularity. If the single instance of a sound change is the result of developments which are all regular in themselves, it is still in line with the regularity principle
Acoustics · Audiology · Linguistics · Physics · Sound (geography · Sound change · Acoustic Wave Phenomena Research · Medicine · Music Technology and Sound Studies · Philosophy
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| Citations per year | 0,5 |
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| Citation velocity | recent |
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