1506: Effects of Grimm's Law to Linguistics (g.l.7) Jan 26, 2019

Over this last week with the special series on Grimm's Law, it's definition, it's ramifications in linguistics and wider society, and its shortcomings, but it is still notable, not just as a precursor to Verner's Law, but as the start to historical phonology as a branch of historical linguistics. The basic explanation—that observations between the use of [p] in Latin and [f] in German suggests how languages naturally shift over time—albeit perhaps over simplified is straightforward enough, but these sorts of ideas which laid the groundwork for much of historical linguistics as it is used today. Theories that are now widely accepted as common knowledge today were either small-scale or fringe before the publication of Jacob Grimm's 'Deutsche Grammatik'. This is the final instalment in the Grimm's Law series, but make sure to follow for more content every day.

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