Verner's law
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Verner's law is a historical linguistic principle explaining a systematic set of consonant alternations in the Germanic languages that refined and expanded upon Grimm's law.
Statements (43)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
historical linguistic principle
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phonological rule → sound law → |
| accountsFor |
alternations in noun inflection in Germanic
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alternations in strong verb paradigms in Germanic → alternations such as *f ~ *b, *þ ~ *d, *h ~ *g in Germanic → |
| appliesTo |
Germanic languages
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Proto-Germanic → |
| basedOn |
position of the original Proto-Indo-European accent
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| complements |
Grimm's law
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| concerns |
Proto-Indo-European to Proto-Germanic sound changes
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accent-conditioned sound change → consonant voicing → |
| discoveredBy |
Karl Verner
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| exampleOf |
accent-sensitive phonological rule
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conditioned sound change → |
| explains |
alternation of voiceless and voiced fricatives in Germanic
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certain exceptions to Grimm's law → systematic consonant alternations in Germanic languages → |
| field |
Germanic linguistics
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historical linguistics → |
| firstPublishedIn |
Zeitschrift für vergleichende Sprachforschung
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| hasConsequence |
alternation between /s/ and /r/ in some Germanic forms
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morphophonemic alternations in Germanic verb classes → voicing of fricatives in certain environments in Germanic → |
| hasKeyConcept |
accent position determines voicing outcome
→
exceptions to regular sound laws can be explained by additional conditioning factors → |
| influenced |
development of comparative Germanic linguistics
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theory of phonological alternations → |
| isTaughtIn |
courses on Germanic philology
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courses on historical linguistics → |
| languageFamily |
Indo-European languages
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| namedAfter |
Karl Verner
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| publicationYear |
1877
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| refines |
Grimm's law
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| relatedTo |
Grimm's law
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Kluge's law → sound change → |
| statesThat |
Proto-Indo-European *p *t *k *kʷ after an unaccented syllable became Proto-Germanic *b *d *g *gʷ (voiced stops/fricatives)
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Proto-Indo-European voiceless stops became voiced fricatives when not immediately preceded by the word accent → |
| supports |
Neogrammarian hypothesis of exceptionless sound laws
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| timeDepth |
late Proto-Indo-European to early Proto-Germanic period
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| typeOfChange |
regular sound change
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Referenced by (6)
| Subject (surface form when different) | Predicate |
|---|---|
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Ingvaeonic nasal spirant law
→
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contrastWith |
|
Grimm's law
→
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hasExceptionsExplainedBy |
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Proto-Germanic
→
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hasFeature |
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Grimm's law
→
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precedes |
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High German consonant shift
→
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relatedTo |
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Germanic languages
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underwentSoundChange |