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Transphonologization

In historical linguistics, transphonologisation (also known as rephonologisation or cheshirisation, see below) is a type of sound change whereby a phonemic contrast that used to involve a certain feature X evolves in such a way that the contrast is preserved, yet becomes associated with a different feature Y.

Resulting in a new contrast on vowels, Other names & Resulting in a new contrast on consonants

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Resulting in a new contrast on vowels

UmlautGermanic languagesOld EnglishPhonemeGreat Vowel Shift
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Roman JakobsonNormanOld ChinesePharyngealizationGermanic sound shift
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Resulting in a new contrast on consonants

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Resulting in a new contrast on vowels

Resulting in a new contrast on consonants

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Transphonologization

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Transphonologization

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related to Nasalisation of vowels · 6
Transphonologization → Austroasiatic, Celtic, In, In French, Oceanic, Sino-Tibetan
related to Tone languages · 4
Transphonologization → Chinese, Floating, Middle Chinese, The

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the Germanic sound shift or the Slavic change from /ɡ/ to /ɦ/instance ofreferring to changes0.80text
where the phonological relationships among sounds change but the number of phonemes stays the sameinstance ofreferring to changes0.80text
Transphonologizationrelated to Nasalisation of vowelsIn French0.60section
Transphonologizationrelated to Nasalisation of vowelsIn0.60section
Transphonologizationrelated to Nasalisation of vowelsSino-Tibetan0.60section
Transphonologizationrelated to Nasalisation of vowelsAustroasiatic0.60section
Transphonologizationrelated to Nasalisation of vowelsOceanic0.60section
Transphonologizationrelated to Nasalisation of vowelsCeltic0.60section
Transphonologizationrelated to Tone languagesThe0.60section
Transphonologizationrelated to Tone languagesChinese0.60section
Transphonologizationrelated to Tone languagesMiddle Chinese0.60section
Transphonologizationrelated to Tone languagesFloating0.60section

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