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Published online by Cambridge University Press:  04 May 2018

Kurt Goblirsch
Kurt Goblirsch
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University of South Carolina

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Gemination, Lenition, and Vowel Lengthening
On the History of Quantity in Germanic
 , pp. vii - ix
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2018

Contents

  1. List of Figures

  2. List of Tables

  3. Preface

  4. Abbreviations

  5. Introduction

  6. 1Theoretical Preliminaries

    1. 1.1The Nature of Quantity

      1. 1.1.1Vowel Length

      2. 1.1.2Consonant Length

      3. 1.1.3Complementary Length

    2. 1.2Consonant Strength

    3. 1.3Correlation of Syllable Cut

  7. 2The Road to Complementary Length: Gemination and Quantity in Old Germanic

    1. 2.1Phonetic Gemination

      1. 2.1.1Gemination by Assimilation (Kluge’s Law)

      2. 2.1.2Glide Strengthening (Holtzmann’s Law)

      3. 2.1.3West (and North) Germanic Gemination

      4. 2.1.4Gemination in the High German Consonant Shift

    2. 2.2Semantic Gemination

      1. 2.2.1Primary Geminates: Sound Imitation, Child Language, Names

      2. 2.2.2Secondary Geminates: Sound Symbolism

    3. 2.3Old Germanic Monosyllables

      1. 2.3.1Final Vowel Lengthening

      2. 2.3.2Final Strengthening

    4. 2.4Shortening in Overlong Sequences

      1. 2.4.1Vowel and Consonant Shortening in Mono- and Disyllables

      2. 2.4.2Shortening in Words with Homorganic Lengthening

      3. 2.4.3Trisyllabic Shortening

  8. 3Arriving at the Goal: Vowel Lengthening in Middle Germanic

    1. 3.1The Cause and Environment of Lengthening

      1. 3.1.1Open Syllable, Monosyllable

      2. 3.1.2The Role of Consonants

      3. 3.1.3Compensatory Lengthening

    2. 3.2Geographic Distribution of Vowel Lengthening

      1. 3.2.1Incomplete Open Syllable Lengthening

      2. 3.2.2Complete Open Syllable Lengthening without Monosyllable lengthening

      3. 3.2.3Complete Open Syllable Lengthening with Monosyllable Lengthening

  9. 4The Reaction of Consonants: Consonant Lenition in Middle Germanic

    1. 4.1The Nature of Lenition and Its Causes

      1. 4.1.1Lenition and Consonant Strength

      2. 4.1.2The Connection of Lenition to Vowel Lengthening

      3. 4.1.3Monogenesis or Polygenesis?

    2. 4.2Degemination

      1. 4.2.1Retained Gemination

      2. 4.2.2Degemination without Further Lenition

    3. 4.3The Danish Lenition

      1. 4.3.1Historical Attestation

      2. 4.3.2Modern Danish Dialects

      3. 4.3.3Standard Danish

      4. 4.3.4Low German

      5. 4.3.5North Frisian

    4. 4.4The High German Lenition

      1. 4.4.1Historical Attestation

      2. 4.4.2Middle German

      3. 4.4.3Upper German

      4. 4.4.4Bavarian

    5. 4.5Compensatory Shortening

      1. 4.5.1Middle Bavarian and Surrounding Areas

      2. 4.5.2South Bavarian

      3. 4.5.3Mosel Franconian and Other Areas

  10. 5Quantity Types in Modern Germanic

    1. 5.1Segmental Length

      1. 5.1.1Isolated Areas in Swedish-Norwegian

      2. 5.1.2South and Middle Alemannic and Isolated Areas in Upper German

    2. 5.2Complementary Length

      1. 5.2.1Scandinavian

      2. 5.2.2South Upper German

      3. 5.2.3Middle Bavarian

    3. 5.3Syllable Cut

      1. 5.3.1Without Lenition

      2. 5.3.2With Lenition

  11. Conclusion

  12. Bibliography

  13. Author Index

  14. Subject Index

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  • Book: Gemination, Lenition, and Vowel Lengthening
  • Online publication: 04 May 2018
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