Sturtevant’s Law

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Sturtevant’s Law is a linguistic principle in Indo-European studies that explains a characteristic pattern of consonant lengthening in Hittite as a reflex of earlier voiceless stops.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf linguistic law ⓘ
phonological rule ⓘ
sound law ⓘ
appliesTo Hittite stop consonant system ⓘ
appliesToLanguage Hittite ⓘ
linked to: Hittite language
appliesToOrthography cuneiform writing of Hittite ⓘ
concerns consonant lengthening ⓘ
stop consonants ⓘ
voiceless stops ⓘ
describes a characteristic pattern of consonant lengthening in Hittite ⓘ
evidenceFor contrast between reflexes of voiced and voiceless Proto-Indo-European stops in Hittite ⓘ
phonemic distinction between long and short consonants in Hittite ⓘ
field Indo-European studies ⓘ
historical linguistics ⓘ
hasAbbreviation none commonly standardized ⓘ
involvesFeature consonant length ⓘ
gemination ⓘ
voicing ⓘ
languageFamily Indo-European ⓘ
namedAfter Edgar H. Sturtevant ⓘ
proposedBy Edgar H. Sturtevant ⓘ
relatedTo Indo-European stop system ⓘ
laryngeal theory ⓘ
relatesStage Hittite ⓘ
linked to: Hittite language

Proto-Indo-European ⓘ
statesThat Proto-Indo-European voiced stops are reflected as single consonants in Hittite orthography ⓘ
Proto-Indo-European voiceless stops are reflected as geminate consonants in Hittite orthography ⓘ
status widely cited in Hittite and Indo-European scholarship ⓘ
timeOfProposal early 20th century ⓘ
topicOf debate in Indo-European phonology ⓘ
typeOfChange regular sound correspondence ⓘ
usedFor interpretation of Hittite spelling conventions ⓘ
reconstruction of Proto-Indo-European consonant system ⓘ

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Edgar H. Sturtevant → notableWork → Sturtevant’s Law ⓘ