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Case Studies in Sound Change: The High German Consonant Shift
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A close case study of the Second (High German) Consonant Shift, the diagnostic sound change that separates High German from Low German, Dutch, English, and the other Germanic languages, examined through its phonetic mechanics, its geography (isoglosses, the Rhenish Fan), and its chronology.
Inhaltsübersicht
- What the High German Consonant Shift Is: Mechanics and Terminology
- The Geography of the Shift: Isoglosses and the Rhenish Fan
- Dating the Shift and Its Textual Evidence
- Why the Shift Matters: Consequences for German Dialectology and Standard German
- References
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