Definition of sound shift in English:

sound shift

noun

Linguistics

A systematic change in the pronunciation of a set of speech sounds as a language evolves.
〔语言学〕语音演变
Example sentencesExamples
- Philologists have referred to them as P-Celtic in contrast to Goidelic as Q-Celtic, on the basis of a sound shift of q to p which split an earlier tongue known as Common Celtic.
- Such sound shifts in comparative linguistics parallel, almost uncannily, the slow march of genetic mutations as offspring populations gradually separate from a parent stock.
- Crimean Gothic had undergone the same ‘jj’ to- ‘d' sound shift attested by many Visigothic words.
- The first sound shift, affecting both English and German, was from the early phonetic positions documented in the ancient, or classical, Indo-European languages (Sanskrit, Greek, Latin) to those still evident in the Low German languages, including English.
- Rask had seen something no one else had noticed: between some Germanic streams of language and the others a regular sound-shift had occurred transforming the sounds of B, D, and G into those of P, T, and K.

Definition of sound shift in US English:

sound shift

nounˈsound ˌSHiftˈsaʊnd ˌʃɪft

Linguistics

A systematic change in the pronunciation of a set of speech sounds as a language evolves.
〔语言学〕语音演变
Example sentencesExamples
- Such sound shifts in comparative linguistics parallel, almost uncannily, the slow march of genetic mutations as offspring populations gradually separate from a parent stock.
- Rask had seen something no one else had noticed: between some Germanic streams of language and the others a regular sound-shift had occurred transforming the sounds of B, D, and G into those of P, T, and K.
- Philologists have referred to them as P-Celtic in contrast to Goidelic as Q-Celtic, on the basis of a sound shift of q to p which split an earlier tongue known as Common Celtic.
- The first sound shift, affecting both English and German, was from the early phonetic positions documented in the ancient, or classical, Indo-European languages (Sanskrit, Greek, Latin) to those still evident in the Low German languages, including English.
- Crimean Gothic had undergone the same ‘jj’ to- ‘d' sound shift attested by many Visigothic words.

词汇	sound shift
释义	Definition of sound shift in English: sound shift noun Linguistics A systematic change in the pronunciation of a set of speech sounds as a language evolves. 〔语言学〕语音演变 Example sentencesExamples Philologists have referred to them as P-Celtic in contrast to Goidelic as Q-Celtic, on the basis of a sound shift of q to p which split an earlier tongue known as Common Celtic. Such sound shifts in comparative linguistics parallel, almost uncannily, the slow march of genetic mutations as offspring populations gradually separate from a parent stock. Crimean Gothic had undergone the same ‘jj’ to- ‘d' sound shift attested by many Visigothic words. The first sound shift, affecting both English and German, was from the early phonetic positions documented in the ancient, or classical, Indo-European languages (Sanskrit, Greek, Latin) to those still evident in the Low German languages, including English. Rask had seen something no one else had noticed: between some Germanic streams of language and the others a regular sound-shift had occurred transforming the sounds of B, D, and G into those of P, T, and K. Definition of sound shift in US English: sound shift nounˈsound ˌSHiftˈsaʊnd ˌʃɪft Linguistics A systematic change in the pronunciation of a set of speech sounds as a language evolves. 〔语言学〕语音演变 Example sentencesExamples Such sound shifts in comparative linguistics parallel, almost uncannily, the slow march of genetic mutations as offspring populations gradually separate from a parent stock. Rask had seen something no one else had noticed: between some Germanic streams of language and the others a regular sound-shift had occurred transforming the sounds of B, D, and G into those of P, T, and K. Philologists have referred to them as P-Celtic in contrast to Goidelic as Q-Celtic, on the basis of a sound shift of q to p which split an earlier tongue known as Common Celtic. The first sound shift, affecting both English and German, was from the early phonetic positions documented in the ancient, or classical, Indo-European languages (Sanskrit, Greek, Latin) to those still evident in the Low German languages, including English. Crimean Gothic had undergone the same ‘jj’ to- ‘d' sound shift attested by many Visigothic words.
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