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Gemination, Lenition, and Vowel Lengthening - On the History of Quantity in Germanic (Hardcover)
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Gemination, Lenition, and Vowel Lengthening - On the History of Quantity in Germanic (Hardcover)
Series: Cambridge Studies in Linguistics
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The processes of gemination, lenition, and vowel lengthening are
central to the study of phonology, as they reveal much about the
treatment of quantity in a given language. Using data from older
language stages, modern dialects and standard languages, this study
examines the interdependence of vowel and consonant quantity in the
history of the Germanic branch of Indo-European. Kurt Goblirsch
focusses on the various geminations in Old Germanic languages (West
Germanic gemination, glide strengthening, and expressive
gemination), open syllable lengthening in German, Dutch, Frisian,
English, and Scandinavian languages, and the major lenitions in
High German, Low German, and Danish, as well as minor lenitions in
Bavarian, Franconian, and Frisian dialects. All of these changes
are related to the development of the Germanic languages from
distinctive segmental length to complementary length to syllable
cut. The discussion challenges traditional theoretical assumptions
about quantity change in Germanic languages to argue for a new
account whereby, gemination, lenition, and vowel lengthening are
interrelated.
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