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5. Sound change: Assimilation, weakening, loss

  • Hans Henrich Hock
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Principles of Historical Linguistics
This chapter is in the book Principles of Historical Linguistics

Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter i
  2. Contents xiii
  3. Maps and charts xiv
  4. 1. Introduction 1
  5. 2. Phonetics, transcription, terminology, abbreviations 11
  6. 3. Sound change: The regularity hypothesis 34
  7. 4. Sound change and phonological contrast 52
  8. 5. Sound change: Assimilation, weakening, loss 61
  9. 6. Sound change: Dissimilation, haplology, metathesis 107
  10. 7. Sound change: Epenthesis, elimination of hiatus, other changes 117
  11. 8. Sound change: Structure and function 148
  12. 9. Analogy: General discussion and typology 167
  13. 10. Analogy: Tendencies of analogical change 210
  14. 11. Analogy and generative grammar 238
  15. 12. Semantic change 280
  16. 13. Syntactic change 309
  17. 14. Linguistic contact: Lexical borrowing 380
  18. 15. Linguistic contact: Dialectology 426
  19. 16. Linguistic contact: Koines, convergence, pidgins, creoles, language death 472
  20. 17. Internal reconstruction 532
  21. 18. Comparative method: Establishing linguistic relationship 556
  22. 19. Comparative reconstruction 581
  23. 20. Linguistic change: Its nature and causes 627
  24. Notes 663
  25. Backmatter 681
https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110219135.61

Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter i
  2. Contents xiii
  3. Maps and charts xiv
  4. 1. Introduction 1
  5. 2. Phonetics, transcription, terminology, abbreviations 11
  6. 3. Sound change: The regularity hypothesis 34
  7. 4. Sound change and phonological contrast 52
  8. 5. Sound change: Assimilation, weakening, loss 61
  9. 6. Sound change: Dissimilation, haplology, metathesis 107
  10. 7. Sound change: Epenthesis, elimination of hiatus, other changes 117
  11. 8. Sound change: Structure and function 148
  12. 9. Analogy: General discussion and typology 167
  13. 10. Analogy: Tendencies of analogical change 210
  14. 11. Analogy and generative grammar 238
  15. 12. Semantic change 280
  16. 13. Syntactic change 309
  17. 14. Linguistic contact: Lexical borrowing 380
  18. 15. Linguistic contact: Dialectology 426
  19. 16. Linguistic contact: Koines, convergence, pidgins, creoles, language death 472
  20. 17. Internal reconstruction 532
  21. 18. Comparative method: Establishing linguistic relationship 556
  22. 19. Comparative reconstruction 581
  23. 20. Linguistic change: Its nature and causes 627
  24. Notes 663
  25. Backmatter 681
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