Smith, Laura Catharine2016-06-172016-06-171996-01Smith, L. C. (1996). Vennemann's bifurcation theory of the Germanic and German consonant shifts. Calgary Working Papers in Linguistics, 18(Winter), 67-76.2371-2643http://hdl.handle.net/1880/51386Vennemann 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.enLinguisticsGerman languageHistorical linguisticsPhonologyGermanic languages--Phonologyjournal article10.11575/PRISM/28927