Umlaut and Secondary Umlaut in Old High German

Datos Bibliográficos

ID2908348
AutoresHerbert Penzl (autor de correspondencia)
Año1949
Volumen25
Número3
Páginas223
Fecha de publicación1949-07-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessNo
TipoARTICLE
RevistaLanguage (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0097-8507 • E-ISSN: 1535-0665
EditorialJSTOR (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.2307/410084
OpenAlexW2330321344
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas14

The most important vocalic sound-change of Old High German is the i-umlaut, usually referred to simply as umlaut. Its importance lies in its creation of a whole series of new sound units, which are still preserved in Modern Standard German, as well as in its structural similarity to certain sound-changes that occurred in practically all the other Germanic languages and are assumed for a period preceding the earliest OHG sources. It is the purpose of this article to deal particularly with some still controversial aspects of umlaut: the role of consonants in umlaut itself and in the so-called secondary umlaut (Sekunddirumlaut); the geographic distribution of umlaut and its spread; and its often misunderstood chronology.1 I. THE ORIGIN OF UMLAUT AND SECONDARY UMLAUT

German · Linguistics · Computer Science · Linguistic research and analysis · Linguistics and Cultural Studies · Linguistics and language evolution · Philosophy