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The overall interpretation of Old Germanic phonology and morphology has much to gain from the recent and revolutionary views that were developed in its 'mother' discipline, Indo-European linguistics. For the first time, the Germanic Auslaut problem, i.e. the interpretation of the historical development of final syllables between Proto-Indo-European and Germanic, is analyzed against the background of the modern reconstruction of Proto-Indo-European. This especially entails new interpretations of various detail problems in the field of nominal and verbal morphology. Moreover, the traditional assumption of contrasting intonations yielding different inflexional endings (e.g. circumflex \*-Õm > Goth o, OHG -o in the \_-stem genitive plural, but acute \*-\_m > Goth -a, OHG -a in the \_-stem accusative singular) must be replaced by a theory that is in accordance with our present-day knowledge of Proto-Indo-European as a language that most probably did not display such contrasts.It is above all the interpretation of long vowels and diphthongs in Old Germanic final syllables that has given rise to a long discussion. After the standard theory, which entered most handbooks of Old Germanic lin

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Author

Dirk Boutkan

Publisher

Rodopi Bv Editions

Published

1995

Language

EN

ISBN

9789051837308

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

Literary Fiction, Language Learning, Historical Fiction