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I think one thing that helped the sound change, it's a real subtle thing; it's just one switch on my bass, it has three positions, and I usually boost the mid-range frequency, I lowered the frequency that I boost, and that goes out to the sound system, too.
Mike Gordon

Meaning of "sound change" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF SOUND CHANGE

sound change  [saʊnd tʃeɪndʒ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF SOUND CHANGE

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conjunction
determiner
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Sound change is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES SOUND CHANGE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Sound change

Sound change includes any processes of language change that affect pronunciation or sound system structures. Sound change can consist of the replacement of one speech sound by another, the complete loss of the affected sound, or even the introduction of a new sound in a place where there previously was none. Sound changes can be environmentally conditioned, meaning that the change in question only occurs in a defined sound environment, whereas in other environments the same speech sound is not affected by the change. The term "sound change" refers to diachronic changes, or changes in a language's underlying sound system over time; "alternation", on the other hand, refers to surface changes that happen synchronically and do not change the language's underlying system. However, since "sound change" can refer to the historical introduction of an alternation, the label is inherently imprecise and often must be clarified as referring to phonetic change or restructuring. Sound change is usually assumed to be regular, which means that it is expected to apply mechanically whenever its structural conditions are met, irrespective of any non-phonological factors.

Definition of sound change in the English dictionary

The definition of sound change in the dictionary is any phonetic or phonological change in spoken language, for example the replacement of one speech sound with another, or the loss of a particular sound.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH SOUND CHANGE


arrange
əˈreɪndʒ
challenge
ˈtʃælɪndʒ
change
tʃeɪndʒ
counterchange
ˌkaʊntəˈtʃeɪndʒ
dinge
dɪndʒ
downrange
ˈdaʊnˈreɪndʒ
exchange
ɪksˈtʃeɪndʒ
fringe
frɪndʒ
grange
ɡreɪndʒ
hinge
hɪndʒ
interchange
ˌɪntəˈtʃeɪndʒ
mange
meɪndʒ
mid-range
ˈmɪdreɪndʒ
orange
ˈɒrɪndʒ
part-exchange
ˌpɑːtɪksˈtʃeɪndʒ
range
reɪndʒ
re-change
riːˈtʃeɪndʒ
rearrange
ˌriːəˈreɪndʒ
strange
streɪndʒ
top-of-the-range
ˌtɒpəvðəˈreɪndʒ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE SOUND CHANGE

sound archives
sound as a bell
sound barrier
sound bite
sound bow
sound check
sound deadening
sound effect
sound effects
sound effects man
sound effects woman
sound engineer
sound file
sound head
sound hole
sound law
sound library
sound line
sound mixer

WORDS THAT END LIKE SOUND CHANGE

bill of exchange
bureaux de change
climate change
costume change
foreign exchange
information exchange
ion exchange
Lange
loose change
needle exchange
oil change
part exchange
private branch exchange
rate of exchange
regime change
sea change
sex change
short-change
small change
stock exchange
telephone exchange

Synonyms and antonyms of sound change in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «sound change» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF SOUND CHANGE

Find out the translation of sound change to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of sound change from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «sound change» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

音变
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

cambio de sonido
570 millions of speakers

English

sound change
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

ध्वनि परिवर्तन
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

تغيير الصوت
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

звук изменение
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

mudança de som
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

শব্দ পরিবর্তন
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

changement de son
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Perubahan bunyi
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Klangwechsel
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

音の変化
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

사운드 변경
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Owahan swara
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

thay đổi âm thanh
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

ஒலி மாற்றம்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

आवाज बदल
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Ses değişimi
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

cambiamento di suono
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

zmiana dźwięku
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

звук зміна
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

schimbare de sunet
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

αλλαγή του ήχου
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

klank verandering
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

ljudändring
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

lydendringen
5 millions of speakers

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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «SOUND CHANGE» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about sound change

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QUOTES WITH «SOUND CHANGE»

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Mike Gordon
I think one thing that helped the sound change, it's a real subtle thing; it's just one switch on my bass, it has three positions, and I usually boost the mid-range frequency, I lowered the frequency that I boost, and that goes out to the sound system, too.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SOUND CHANGE»

Discover the use of sound change in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to sound change and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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The Initiation of Sound Change: Perception, Production, and ...
Examines advanced approaches to sound change from various theoretical and methodological perspectives, including articulatory variation and modeling, speech perception mechanisms and neurobiological processes, geographical and social ...
Maria-Josep Solé, Daniel Recasens i Vives, 2012
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The Atlas of North American English: Phonetics, Phonology, ...
The Atlas of North American English provides an overall view of the pronounciation and vowel systems of the dialects of the U.S. and Canada.
William Labov, Sharon Ash, Charles Boberg, 2006
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Sound Change
D. N. Shankara Bhat. sounds should be separated from those of sound changes before we can obtain a correct understanding of sound changes. I have also examined certain additional characteristics that have been ascribed to sound ...
D. N. Shankara Bhat, 2001
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Universals of Sound Change in Nasalization
This book is the first detailed study since the 1970s of the characteristics of distinctive nasalization in sound change.
John Hajek, 1997
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Sound Change and the History of English
This book addresses the question: why do sound changes happen, when and where they do? Jeremy Smith discusses the origins of a series of sound changes in English.
Jeremy J. Smith, 2009
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Labial Instability in Sound Change: Explanations for the ...
The nature of sound change By the term "sound change/' we mean the process that results in the temporal correspondences of sounds, such that sound A in one stage of a given language corresponds to sound B in a subsequent stage of that  ...
Richard Edward McDorman, 1999
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Historical Linguistics
With its lucid and engaging style, expert guidance and comprehensive coverage, this book is not only an invaluable textbook for students coming to the subject for the first time, but also an entertaining and engaging read for specialists in ...
Lisa Purse, Lyle Campbell, 2013
8
Language History, Language Change, and Language ...
Most chapters in this new edition have been reworked, with some difficult passages removed, other passages thoroughly rewritten, and several new sections added, e.g. on language and race and on Indian writing systems.
Hans Henrich Hock, Brian D. Joseph, 2009
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Sociolinguistic Patterns
THE work which is reported in this chapter concerns the direct observation of a sound change in the context of the community life from which it stems.1 The change is a shift in the phonetic position of the first elements of the diphthongs / ay/ and ...
William Labov, 1972
10
From Latin to Romance in Sound Charts
This handbook offers a synopsis of the regular changes that Latin words underwent in the course of their evolution into modern Romance languages (Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, and French, with their English cognates).
Peter Boyd-Bowman, 1980

NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SOUND CHANGE»

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How Did Dolby Sound Change the Movies?
If you've been to the movies anytime over, say, the last few decades, you probably know his name. Before the film starts, as the theater fills with the rich and ... «TIME, Sep 13»

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