EAN: 9780820400280

FORTIS AND LENIS IN GERMANIC - GERDA I ALEXANDE...

This study represents a bold reanalysis of the phonemic system of Germanic consonants. The
accepted primary voiced-voiceless phonemic contrast is replaced by fortis-lenis  whose origin
is projected back into Proto-Germanic. It is proposed to view the Germanic consonant shift as
the result of lenition in Gmc.  b d g f X s X  and of strengthening of articulation in Gmc.  p
t k . Voice and spirantization are characteristic of the lenis members  whereas voicelessness
and extraduration are characteristic of fortis. This concept  backed by orthographic 
comparative and acoustic phonetic data  supplies not only a simpler and more plausible
development into the daughter languages  but also provides a common element in the explanation
of the First and Second Sound Shift.

Aktuelle Preise zur EAN 9780820400280

Produktinformationen zur 9780820400280