A Phantom of a Rule
Icelandic Vowel Shift
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 20377591 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Hreinn Benediktsson (University of Iceland, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1979 |
| Volume | 2 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 65-89 |
| Publication date | 1979-12-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Nordic Journal of Linguistics (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0332-5865 • E-ISSN: 1502-4717 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s0332586500000378 |
| OpenAlex | W2144295273 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 5 |
The article deals with Stephen R. Anderson's Icelandic Vowel Shift Rule as an example of the general concept of exchange rule and involving marked vs. unmarked rule orde ̊ . The evidence adduced from Modern as well as Old Icelandic is reexamined in detail and shown to be in fact nonexistent. The paper ends with a few concluding remarks on the general notions involved
Icelandic · Linguistics · Vowel · History · Linguistic Variation and Morphology · Linguistics and language evolution · Philosophy · Syntax, Semantics, Linguistic Variation
| Citations per year | 0.02 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 1982 - 1982 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |