On Grimm's conception of sound-shift and generative phonology

The name Jacob Grimm (1785-1863) is a household word for historical-linguistics. His conception of the consonant shift, which was formalized as Grimm's Law, had made a great impact on linguistics. In this paper we discuss his sound shift law as a unit and assess the relevance of this law to the...

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Main Author: Farid M. Onn.
Format: Article
Published: Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 1980
Online Access:http://journalarticle.ukm.my/4100/
http://journalarticle.ukm.my/4100/