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Sunday, January 6, 2013

What is Conditioned Sound Change?



Historical phonological alteration that takes place in specific phonetic contexts, e.g., the voicing of /f/ to /v/ when it transpires between vowels.

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  1. Sound change can consist of the replacement of one speech sound (or, more generally, one phonetic feature) by another, the complete loss of the affected sound, or even the introduction of a new sound in a place where there previously was none.

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  2. Sound change is usually assumed to be regular, which means that it is expected to apply mechanically whenever its structural conditions are met, irrespective of any non-phonological factors (such as the meaning of the words affected). On the other hand, sound changes can sometimes be sporadic, affecting only one particular word or a few words, without any seeming regularity.

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  3. Conditioned sound change is a special and conspicuous success has been achieved in modeling changes in phonological systems.

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  4. Sound change usually is the result of different reading techniques wherein sometimes we pronounce the words as it is spelled.

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  5. Sound change includes any processes of language change that affect pronunciation (phonetic change) or sound system structures (phonological change). Sound change can consist of the replacement of one speech sound (or, more generally, one phonetic feature) by another, the complete loss of the affected sound, or even the introduction of a new sound in a place where there previously was none.

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  6. Sound change includes any processes of language change that affect pronunciation (phonetic change) or sound system structures

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  7. Sound change can consist of the replacement of one speech sound (or, more generally, one phonetic feature) by another, the complete loss of the affected sound, or even the introduction of a new sound in a place where there previously was non.

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  8. Sound change is usually assumed to be regular, which means that it is expected to apply mechanically whenever its structural conditions are met, irrespective of any non-phonological factors (such as the meaning of the words affected). On the other hand, sound changes can sometimes be sporadic, affecting only one particular word or a few words, without any seeming regularity.

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