Vennemann's bifurcation theory of the Germanic and German consonant shifts

Date
1996-01
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Publisher
University of Calgary
Abstract
Vennemann presents a plausible alternative to Grimm's succession of Germanic and High German sound shifts. As part of his argumentation, Vennemann gives a systematic revision of the Proto-Germanic obstruent inventory which he reconstructs internally from Germanic data. He also looks beyond the Germanic data to posit a Paleo-Germanic obstruent system. While revising Grimm's traditional theory, Vennemann also reformulates Verner's Shift and how it would apply to his alternative glottalic approach.
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Keywords
Linguistics, German language, Historical linguistics, Phonology, Germanic languages--Phonology
Citation
Smith, L. C. (1996). Vennemann's bifurcation theory of the Germanic and German consonant shifts. Calgary Working Papers in Linguistics, 18(Winter), 67-76.