Sound change
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Sound change is a kind of language change concerning the phonological system (including phonetic realisation).
If a sound change is a general phenomenon, it is called a sound law or a phonetical rule. Exceptions to the law or rule can normally be explained by analogy.
To describe sound changes, a special notation is used:
[-son][+sth] > [-son][-sth] /__#
= voiced plosives, fricatives and affricates become voiceless at the end of a word (final devoicing).
andere Sprachen
German Lautwandel
