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Humanities & Social Sciences-Linguistics (XH-C3) 20252025 | 2025 |
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Humanities & Social Sciences-Linguistics (XH-C3) 20232023 | 2023 | |
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Humanities & Social Sciences-Linguistics (XH-C3) 20222022 | 2022 | |
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The sound change of Proto-Indo-Aryan /p/ to Germanic /f/, deduced by comparing cognates like Latin pater, Sanskrit pita and English father, is an example of ________.
Which of the followings occurred due to the Great Vowel Shift of the English language?
| Column X | Column Y |
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| P. rupa → rup | 1. Grassman’s law |
| Q. sapta → sa:ta | 2. Apocope |
| R. bhodha → bodha | 3. Assimilation |
| S. saṃkalən → saŋkələn | 4. Compensatory lengthening |