Sievers' Law in Germanic

Charles M Barrack (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

288 Seiten

1998
Peter Lang Publishing Inc (Verlag)
978-0-8204-3042-3 (ISBN)

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One of the most interesting changes in Proto-Germanic was the alternation of y and w after short syllables with i and u after long, respectively - an alternation with far-reaching effects. Described by Eduard Sievers in 1878, this 'law' has been the subject of controversy ever since. Is it related to a similar phenomenon in Vedic Sanskrit, and was it, therefore, Indo-European in origin? What is its relationship to alliterative verse in Germanic? This study addresses such questions and demonstrates that Sievers' Law has played a wider role in Old English than heretofore demonstrated.

The Author: Charles M. Barrack is a professor at the University of Washington where he received his Ph.D. in Germanic linguistics. In addition to articles in professional journals on German literature and Germanic linguistics, he also wrote A Diachronic Phonology from Proto-Germanic to Old English Stressing West-Saxon Conditions and is one of the authors of the Mosaik Intermediate German program.

Erscheint lt. Verlag	1.3.1998
Reihe/Serie	Berkeley Insights in Linguistics and Semiotics ; 22
Sprache	englisch
Maße	148 x 210 mm
Gewicht	580 g
Themenwelt	Schulbuch / Wörterbuch ► Wörterbuch / Fremdsprachen
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Sprachphilosophie
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Anglistik / Amerikanistik
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Germanistik
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Literaturwissenschaft
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Sprachwissenschaft
Schlagworte	Hardcover, Softcover / Deutsche Sprachwissenschaft, Deutschsprachige Literaturwi • HC/Deutsche Sprachwissenschaft, Deutschsprachige Literaturwissenschaft
ISBN-10	0-8204-3042-0 / 0820430420
ISBN-13	978-0-8204-3042-3 / 9780820430423
Zustand	Neuware