Question

comment on consonant sift and stress sift in English
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Answer 1

Explanation:

• The tendency in some languages, including English, to avoid stress on adjacent syllables (called a stress clash) by moving one stress (usually the first) to another syllable.
• set of regular changes in consonant articulation in the history of a language or dialect: a : such a set affecting the Indo-European stops (see stop entry 2 sense 9) and distinguishing the Germanic languages from the other Indo-European languages — compare grimm's law.