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===Lenition=== | ===Lenition=== | ||
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Lenition refers to a change in a [[consonant]] to a weaker, softer use (for the language), | Lenition refers to a change in a [[consonant]] to a weaker, softer use (for the language), | ||
where this strength refers to the degree of significance it has in the language's [[phone]] set / [[diphone]] structure. | where this strength refers to the degree of significance it has in the language's [[phone]] set / [[diphone]] structure. | ||
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===Fortition=== | ===Fortition=== | ||
===Consonant gradatation=== | |||
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===Metathesis=== | ===Metathesis=== | ||
===Assimilation=== | ===Assimilation=== | ||
===Dissimilation=== | ===Dissimilation=== | ||
==Ablaut and umlaut== | ==Ablaut and umlaut== | ||
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[[Category:Phonetics]] | [[Category:Phonetics]] | ||
[[Category:Sound change]] | [[Category:Sound change]] | ||
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* [[fortition]] (strengthening - the opposite of lenition) | |||
* [[consonant gradatation]] (generalization of various consonant changes, primarily lenition and forition {{verify}}) | |||
* [[elision]] (phoneme loss) | |||
* [[Epenthesis]] (phoneme addition, often a neutral vowel, e.g. u in japanese, i in portuguese) | |||
* [[metathesis]] (phoneme reordering, often erroneous movement/swapping) | |||
* [[assimilation]] (convergence of similar sounds) | |||
* [[dissimilation]] (divergence of similar sounds) | |||
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http://canol.home.att.net/chap06.html | |||
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lenition | |||
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Revision as of 10:54, 20 April 2024
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Lenition
Fortition
Consonant gradatation
Elision
Epenthesis
Metathesis
Assimilation
Dissimilation
Ablaut and umlaut
Ablaut and umlaut are two different phonological mutations, and often refer to vowel changes under inflection.
the umlout, as in the diacritic, is not very related. See diaresis, trema, umlaut.
Ablaut is generally unconditioned, meaning it happens, but does not have a clear phonological condition, or meaning.
For example, various strong verbs in english have alternative forms, like sing, sang and sung; there is no directly obvious reason why they are the forms, and there is no single such pattern among strong verbs.
Umlaut is conditioned - it happens in specific contexts and not in others, meaning it comes from specific rules and is meaningful when interpreting a word.
I suspect the distinction is somewhat gradual.