Sievers' law in Germanic

Autori

• Charles Michael Barrack

Parametri

• Letteratura mondiale
• Narrativa
• Berkeley insights in linguistics and semiotics

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In 1878 Eduard Sievers described how in Sanskrit and Germanic languages the letters i and u that appear after long syllables become y and w after short ones; his law has been controversial every since. Barrack (Germanic linguistics, U. of Washington) investigates whether it is Indo-European in origin, its relationship to alliterative verse in Germanic, and other questions. He describes the phenomenon in proto-Germanic, Gothic, Old Norse, and Old English. Assumes a knowledge of the concepts, terminology, and notation used in linguistics. Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

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Lingua: Tedesco

Pubblicato: 1998