Stang's law
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Named after the Norwegian linguist Christian Stang.
Proper noun[edit]
- (phonology) 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.