Sievers' Law in Germanic

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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...

Format:Hardcover

Language:English

ISBN:0820430420

ISBN13:9780820430423

Release Date:February 1998

Publisher:Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publi

Length:288 Pages

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