consonant shift

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• consonant shift — noun Date: 1888 a set of regular changes in consonant articulation in the history of a language or dialect: a. such a set affecting the Indo European stops and distinguishing the Germanic languages from the other Indo European languages compare… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• consonant shift — См. mutazione consonàntica …   Пятиязычный словарь лингвистических терминов

• consonant shift — 1) Лингвистика: передвижение согласных, сдвиг согласных 2) Макаров: перебой согласных …   Универсальный англо-русский словарь

• High German consonant shift — High German subdivides into Upper German (green) and Central German (blue), and is distinguished from Low German (yellow) and Dutch. The main isoglosses, the Benrath and Speyer lines, are marked in black. In historical linguistics, the High… …   Wikipedia

• first consonant shift — the consonant shift described by Grimm s law, which distinguishes Germanic languages from other Indo European languages. Cf. consonant shift, second consonant shift. [1930 35] * * * …   Universalium

• second consonant shift — the consonant shift by which High German became differentiated from other Germanic languages. Cf. consonant shift, first consonant shift. [1935 40] * * * …   Universalium

• shift — ʃɪft 1. сущ. 1) изменение, перемещение, сдвиг to bring about, produce a shift in ≈ производить, вносить изменения 2) а) смена, перемена; чередование …   Большой англо-русский и русско-английский словарь

• shift — I. verb Etymology: Middle English, from Old English sciftan to divide, arrange; akin to Old Norse skipa to arrange, assign Date: 13th century transitive verb 1. to exchange for or replace by another ; change 2. a. to change the place, position,… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• Vowel shift — A vowel shift is a systematic sound change in the pronunciation of the vowel sounds of a language.The best known example in the English language is the Great Vowel Shift, which began in the 15th century.Other examples of ongoing vowel shifts are… …   Wikipedia

• Results of the High German Consonant Shift, Table — ▪ Table Table 21: Results of the High German Consonant Shift p pound Pfund pp apple Apfel Vp** hope hoffen t ten zehn tt sitting sitzen Vr** bite beissen k can khann* kk lick lekchen* Vk** make machen *Khann and lekchen, with affricates, are… …   Universalium