n the last quarter of the century,

n the last quarter of the century, a group of scholars centered around Leipzig(city and cultural and university center in east central Germany)and nicknamed the 'Young Grammarians', claimed that language change is 'regular'. They argued that if, in any word of a given dialect, one sound changes into another, the change will also affect all other occurrences of the same sound in similar phonetic surroundings. For example, in Old English the word chinwas pronounced 'kin' (spelt cinn). This change from a k-sound to chaffects all other k-sounds which occurred at the beginning ofa wordbefore eor i. so we also get chicken, child,chide,chip,chill,cheese,cheek,chest,chew

n the last quarter of the century, a group of scholars centered around Leipzig (city and cultural and university center in east central Germany) and nicknamed the 'Young Grammarians', claimed that language change is 'regular'. They argued that if, in any word of a given dialect, one sound changes into another, the change will also affect all other occurrences of the same sound in similar phonetic surroundings. For example, in Old English the word chinwas pronounced 'kin' (spelt cinn). This change from a k-sound to chaffects all other k-sounds which occurred at the beginning ofa wordbefore eor i. so we also get chicken, child, chide, chip, chill, cheese, cheek, chest, chew.

N the last quarter of the century a group, of scholars centered around Leipzig (city and cultural and University Center. In East Central Germany) and nicknamed the "Young Grammarians", claimed that language change is" regular". They argued that. If in any, word of a, given dialect one sound changes into another the change, will also affect all other occurrences of. The same sound in similar phonetic surroundings. For example in Old, English the word chinwas pronounced "kin" (spelt, CINN). This change from a k-sound to chaffects all other k-sounds which occurred at the beginning ofa wordbefore EOR I. So we also. Get chicken child chide chip,,,,,,, chill cheese cheek chest chew,,