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Neogrammarian Hypothesis

The Neogrammarian Hypothesis is a theoretical principle in historical phonology asserting that sound changes are exceptionless regular processes governed by fixed phonetic conditions, operating uniformly across all lexical and grammatical contexts within a given language at a particular stage.

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2017–2026

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Variants

Junggrammatiker Hypothesis

Parents

Publications

32

Competing changes as a cause of residue

William Yang Wang · Language · 1969 · 603 citations

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Children, adolescents, and language change

Paul Kerswill · Language Variation and Change · 1996 · 502 citations

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Resolving the Neogrammarian Controversy

William Labov · Language · 1981 · 494 citations

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Neologisms and idiosyncratic language in autistic speakers

Joanne Volden, Catherine Lord · Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders · 1991 · 177 citations

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The Regularity of Regular Sound Change

William Labov · Language · 2020 · 148 citations

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Authors

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  1. WL
    William Labov

    California University of Pennsylvania, United States

    2 publications · 642 citations

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  2. JE
    Jan Edwards

    University of Wisconsin–Madison, United States

    1 publications · 58 citations

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  3. ME
    Mary E. Beckman

    The Ohio State University, United States

    1 publications · 58 citations

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  4. TB
    Tineke Baayen-Oudshoorn

    1 publications · 16 citations

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  5. IR
    Irmengard Rauch

    1 publications · 34 citations

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Institutions

25

  1. SOAS University of London

    London, United Kingdom

    3 h-index

    3 publications

    118 citations

  2. University of California, Berkeley

    Berkeley, United States

    3 h-index

    6 publications

    234 citations

  3. Universidad de Londres

    Mexico City, Mexico

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    84 citations

  4. The Ohio State University

    Columbus, United States

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    77 citations

  5. Stanford University

    Stanford, United States

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    185 citations

  6. University of London

    London, United Kingdom

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    84 citations

  7. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

    Chapel Hill, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    177 citations

  8. Red Deer Polytechnic

    Red Deer, Canada

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    177 citations

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Venues

  1. Diachronica

    5 publications · 278 citations

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  2. Transactions of the Philological Society

    5 publications · 165 citations

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  3. Language

    5 publications · 1.3K citations

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  4. Language and Linguistics Compass

    2 publications · 129 citations

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  5. Language Variation and Change

    1 publications · 502 citations

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