Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

stang's law

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: stang's law
IPA

13

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

1

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A Proto-Indo-European phonological rule that governs the word-final sequences of a vowel, followed firstly by a semivowel or a laryngeal and then by a nasal. Such sequences are simplified so that laryngeals and semivowels are dropped, with compensatory lengthening of a preceding vowel.

Etymology

Named after the Norwegian linguist Christian Stang.

Questions

What does stang's law mean?: A Proto-Indo-European phonological rule that governs the word-final sequences of a vowel, followed firstly by a semivowel or a laryngeal and then by a nasal. Such sequences are simplified so that laryngeals and semivowels are dropped, with compensatory lengthening of a preceding vowel.
Where does stang's law come from?: Named after the Norwegian linguist Christian Stang.

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