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Root versus suffix accent in the Germanic present indicative

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 November 2008

Robert D. King
Robert D. King
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Department of Linguistics, University of Texas, Austin, Texas 78712
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The present paper is initially concerned with a rather minor problem in comparative Germanic morphology: the shape of the consonant in certain present active indicative endings. There are discrepancies among the early attested dialects in this matter, and the traditional explanation has been that one group of Germanic dialects generalized present forms with Indo-European root accent, the other group forms with Indo-European suffix accent. I show that this solution, which is widely accepted, is deficient in several respects, and I demonstrate that the problem has a correct solution with interesting consequences for historical linguistics provided we concentrate on the rules and their order of application in the grammars of the different dialects, that is, provided we attack the problem from within the framework of generative phonology.

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Journal of Linguistics , Volume 4 , Issue 2 , September 1968 , pp. 247 - 265
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1968

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