The term "sound shift" is a valid and commonly used phrase in written English.
It is often used in linguistics and language studies to refer to a systematic change in the pronunciation of certain sounds in a language over time. An example of using "sound shift" in a sentence could be: "The Great Vowel Shift was a major sound shift in the English language, which occurred during the Middle English period and led to significant changes in the pronunciation of several vowels."
Verner's important contribution to comparative-historical linguistics appeared in an article, "Eine Ausnahme der ersten Lautverschiebung" ("An Exception to the First Sound Shift"), in the Zeitschrift für vergleichende Sprachforschung in 1876.
Prior to the Germanic sound shift the phoneme to be found at the beginning of the words for "five" or "father" also occurred after s in words for "spit" or "spew"; after the change this was no longer the case.
The terms P-Celtic and Q-Celtic are sometimes used to describe assumed divisions of Common Celtic; to use one sound shift to distinguish dialects is, however, hardly justified, and the classification will not be used in this article.
The current form gradually emerged through a sound shift and a syncope.
The record took four years to complete and it's fascinating to hear McCann's approach towards sound shift constantly throughout.
After a sound shift the letters ח, ע could only mark one phoneme, but (except in Samaritan Hebrew) ש still marked two.
Initially considered part of the frat-rap scene, his sound shifted throughout his career.
Local identity and a desire to differentiate ourselves can be important drivers of sound shifts, Mr. Labov said.
Although similar to Latin, Oscan shows a series of different sound shifts (Oscan aasa: Latin āra "altar"; Oscan pid: Latin quid "what"), and a divergent vocabulary.
As it appears in these tablets, Umbrian is quite similar to the Oscan language and Latin language in structure but shows a series of sound shifts and some differences in vocabulary.
Dangerous Woman is a refinement of her sound, shifting from the low-slung groove of the title track and Moonlight's jazzy refrain to the throbbing electro of new single Into You and the pulsating, Future-assisted Everyday.
