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The document examines the claim that English is a Germanic language by analyzing features of modern English (ModE). It finds that while ModE has incorporated many non-Germanic elements over time, it retains key characteristics of Germanic languages. ModE exhibits effects of the Germanic consonant shift and a tendency toward stress on the first syllable of words. Though ModE has become mostly analytical rather than inflected, this transition was influenced by its Germanic phonological patterns and does not n
- Author
- Christian Maranatha Pangaribuan
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- EN