ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD VERNER'S LAW
Named after Karl Adolph Verner (1846–96), Danish philologist, who formulated it.
10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «VERNER'S LAW»
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Verner's
Law in Italy: An Essay in the History of the ...
This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923.
Robert Seymour Conway, 2013
In (1), we would not expect Gothic sibun, but rather something like sifun, given
the p of Sanskrit sapta and Greek heptd; however, since the accent is on the last
syllable in the Sanskrit and Greek forms, Verner's Law gives Gothic ,6 (spelled b)
in ...
Lisa Purse, Lyle Campbell, 2013
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The Origins and Development of the English Language
VERNER's LAW Some words in the Germanic languages appear to have an
irregular develop— ment of Indo—European P, t, and k. Instead of the expected f,
6, and x (or h), we find [5, 5, and y (or their later developments). For example ...
John Algeo, Carmen Butcher, 2013
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Language History, Language Change, and Language ...
Verner's Law, thus, can be said to affect all Germanic fricatives, whether they
reflect original *s or result from PIE voiceless stops by Grimm's Law. (8) Sanskrit
Old English ósate ceosan 'taste, choose' (pres.) uo ́sa ceas (past sg.) uusúr curon
...
Hans Henrich Hock, Brian D. Joseph, 2009
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A Biography of the English Language
Verner's Law does not apply, and Grimm's Law operates as expected.
Subsequent sound changes have usually obscured the effects of Verner's Law in
PDE; one exception is the varying final consonants of was and were. However,
the effects ...
C.M. Millward, Mary Hayes, 2011
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An Introduction to Old English
This is a result of a Germanic sound change known as Verner's Law, after the
nineteenth—century Danish linguist Karl Verner. What Verner discovered was
that wherever a voiceless frica— tive occurred between voiced sounds, then that
...
Richard M. Hogg, Rhona Alcorn, 2012
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Indo-European Language and Culture: An Introduction
For Review Know the meanings or significance of the following: Northwest
Germanic Grimm's Law Verner's Law Rasmus Rask strong adjective weak
adjective strong verb weak verb Verner's variant dental preterite preterite-present
“V2” rune ...
Benjamin W. Fortson, IV, 2011
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Historical Linguistics and Language Change
Now consider Verner's Law in relation to all this. Recall that this is the Lautgesetz
accounting for a set of apparent 'exceptions' to Grimm's Law (a), in particular
apparent voiced stop reflexes of */p, t, k/, and also cases of /rl for */s/: e.g. OE ...
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Studies in the History of the English Language II: Unfolding ...
The dating of Verner's Law proposed here reflects the proposed scenario of
Verners's Law, whereas tradionally Verner's Law is assumed to have occurred
before the stress shifted. 7. While in Germanic languages a formerly purely
lexical ...
Anne Curzan, Kimberly Emmons, 2004
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Phonological Explorations: Empirical, Theoretical and ...
(12) and (13) are rules in the model of Chomsky & Halle (1968) (SPE)
representing Verner's Law and act 1 of Grimm's Law (Germanic Spirantization)
respectively:15 (12) Verner's Law16 ň ʼn ň ʼn Ň– voice Ňĺ [+voice] / Ň V Ň ([+
voice]) V Ň– ...
Bert Botma, Roland Noske, 2012
2 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «VERNER'S LAW»
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Verner's law is used in the context of the following news items.
Word Origins And How We Know Them
According to a well-known rule (Verner's Law), s and r in Germanic alternated, depending on the place of stress in the protoform. If stress fell on the root, s was ... «OUPblog, Nov 13»
(Bi)Monthly Etymology Gleanings for July-August 2012
Those of our readers who have studied the history of any Germanic language will recognize the workings of Verner's Law. Natural and organic once more. «OUPblog, Aug 12»
