Grimm's Law: Fact or Myth?.

Gessman, Albert M.

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Publication Date: 1990

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Grimm's Law: Fact or Myth?

Gessman, Albert M.

Language Quarterly, v28 n3-4 p2-16 Sum-Fall 1990

Discusses phonic shifting or sound shifts through an examination of Grimm's Law, or the Germanic Consonant Shift. The discussion includes comments on why the phonic shift developed and its pattern. (10 references) (GLR)

Descriptors: Consonants, Distinctive Features (Language), Language Patterns, Language Research, Phonemes, Phonetic Analysis

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Language: English

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