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Grimm's Law in distinctive features

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  22 April 2026

John Weinstock
John Weinstock*
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University of Texas
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Abstract

A set of rules is here presented to account for the changes of Grimm's and Verner's Laws, as well as for the Germanic consonant lengthening. It is shown that the changes which occurred were to some extent predictable from the system out of which they arose. The rules are ordered in such a way that Verner's Law and the consonant lengthening precede the simultaneous development of voiced and voiceless aspirates to spirants.

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Research Article
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Language , Volume 44 , Issue 2-Part1 , June 1968 , pp. 224 - 229
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Copyright © 1968 by Linguistic Society of America

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