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What's all the fuss about 16 words? A new approach to Holtzman's Law*

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Author
Smith, Laura Catharine
Accessioned
2016-06-21T20:56:16Z
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2016-06-21T20:56:16Z
Issued
1999-01
Subject
Linguistics
Historical linguistics
Grammar, Comparative and general--Syllable
Phonology
Linguistic change
Germanic languages
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journal article
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Abstract
This paper provides a unified analysis for Holtzmann's Law or the Germanic Verscharfung (hereafter, GV). This Germanic phenomenon is usually described as the strengthening of the PIE glides +i and +u to Gothic <ddj> and <ggw> and Old Norse <ggj> and <ggw> respectively. In the present work, I posit plausible sound changes based on the assumption that laryngeals were extant in early Germanic when the accent was still mobile. Furthermore, I contend that the laryngeals rather than glides underwent GV strengthening. The motivation for sound changes, as I assert, can be explained by the preference laws of syllable structure. The analysis provided herein also accounts for parallel phonological developments of GV and non-GV forms from common PIE roots, e.g. ON snūa 'to turn' versus ON snugga 'to look askance'. Finally, the analysis offers an explanation for the existence of GV reflexes in West Germanic.
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Laura Catharine Smith, University of Munich
 
Citation
Smith, L. C. (1999). What's all the fuss about 16 words? A new approach to Holtzman's Law*. Calgary Working Papers in Linguistics, 21(Winter), 66-95.
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Linguistics
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University of Calgary
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University of Calgary
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http://dx.doi.org/10.11575/PRISM/28954
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http://hdl.handle.net/1880/51429
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