sound law
C9201
concept
A sound law is a systematic, regular rule describing how speech sounds in a language change over time or in specific linguistic environments.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| sound law canonical | 10 |
| vowel length rule | 1 |
Description generation (CDg)
The one-sentence description above was generated by prompting gpt-5.1 with the class name and this instruction.
Instruction
generate a one-sentence description for a given conceptual class. # Response Format Return only the sentence: "Description: [one-sentence description of the conceptional class]"
Input
Class: sound law
Generated description
A sound law is a systematic, regular rule describing how speech sounds in a language change over time or in specific linguistic environments.
Instances (11)
| Instance | Via concept surface |
|---|---|
| Kluge's law | — |
| Aitken’s Law | — |
| Grimm's law | — |
| Verner's law | — |
| Sievers' law | — |
| Winter's law | — |
| Brugmann's law | — |
| Szemerényi's law | — |
| Osthoff's law | — |
| Sturtevant’s Law | — |
| Scottish Vowel Length Rule | vowel length rule |