One of the most important common features of all Germanic languages is strong
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Word stress
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- ACT II
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- V + IE stop → θ → ð → d
- Consonant Alternations in Germanic Languages due to Verner’s Law
Grimm’s Law
ACT I Indo-European voiceless stops (p, t, k) correspond to Germanic voiceless fricatives (f, þ, h). IE PG
EXAMPLES
Voi cel ess
sto ps
Voi cel
ess fric
ativ es
IE Ger m
p f Snsk páñcā(n) R пять Snsk pitár Gr p atēr Snsk nápāt L nepōs Goth fimf E five Germ Vater E fat her Germ neffe E nephew
t þ Snsk tri, travas L trēs ‘three’ Gr treis R три Snsk tad R тот Toch O Icel þrir Goth þreis [θri:s] E three OE ðæt Goth þata E moth
matar er k h Snsk katarás Ukr котрий Hit kuis L q uis Hit kuit R что L quid Toch kant Goth hwaþar E whether E who O E hwæt E hundred Goth hund
ACT II Indo-European voiced stops (b, d, g) correspond to Germanic voiceless stops (p, t, k). IE PG
EXAMPLES
Voi ced stop
s Voicel
ess stops
IE Germ
b p Lith dubús R болото E deep Goth diups E pool
d t Gr dyo L duo R два Sanskr. dru, dāru R дерево E two Goth twai O Icel tréir Goth triu E tree
g k Snsk yuga L jugum R иго Snsk j ắnu L genu O Icel ok Goth juk E yoke Goth k niu E knee
ACT III Indo-European voiced aspirated stops (bh, dh, gh) correspond to Germanic voiced stops without aspiration (b, d, g).
IE PG EXAMPLES
Vo
d as pir Vo ice
d sto
ps
ate d sto ps wit
ho ut
asp irat
ion IE
Ge rm
bh b Snsk bhárāmi Russ. беру Snsk nábhas Gr nephos R небо Goth bairan ['beran] E bear OE nifel OHG nebul OS nebal
dh
d Snsk madha R Мед Snsk mádhyas L med ius Snsk dhrsnóti Gr thrasýs R дерзнуть OE medu Goth midjis E mid dle Goth (ga)dars OE dear (r ) N. djerv E dare
gh g Snsk stighnomi Gr steikho Snsk ghagh Germ steigen E giggle
Some features of the First Consonants Shift require a special commentary. Ø The correspondence IE b >Germ.pin Act 2 is scarcely illustrated as compared to other consonants changes due to the fact that the consonant pis very rare in native Germanic words [Rastorgueva]. Ø Voiced aspirated stops bh, dh, ghare only found in Sanskrit, whereas in the other Indo- European (non-Germanic) languages either voiceless fricatives (as in Latin and Greek) or unaspirated voiced stops (as in Russian) are used. Grimm’s Law came to be the first achievement of comparative-historical linguistics. However, still debatable is the time of the Shift, its reasons, phonological essence, phonetic mechanism, connection with similar processes in the subsequent history of Germanic languages. Grimm’s Law apparently reflects historical processes caused by the evolution of the structure of the Proto-Indo-European languages; it is not restricted by the Germanic languages only [Plotkin].
3.2.2. Verner’s Law Verner’s Law, discovered in the late 19 th c. by the Danish scholar Karl Verner, explains some correspondences of consonants which seemed to contradict Grimm’s Law. In some words Indo-European voiceless occlusive consonants p, t, k corresponded not to the expected voiceless fricatives f, θ, h but to voiced fricatives v, ð, γ or plosives b, d, g, e.g. Greek dekas – Goth. tigus (k – g), Lat. pater – Goth. fadar (t – d). According to Verner’s law, if an IE voiceless stop (p, t, k) was preceded by an unstressed vowel, the voiceless fricative (f, θ, h),which developed from it in accordance with Grimm’s law,became voiced (v, ð, γ), and laterthis voiced fricativebecame a voiced stop (b, d, g). Verner’s Law can be schematically presented as follows:
where Vstands for an unstressed syllable, θ is a voiceless fricative formed in accordance with Grimm’s Law, ð is a voiced fricative and d is a voiced stop. Consider e.g. the changes of the second consonant in the word father: PIE Early PG Late PG *pa΄ter > *fa΄θar > *fa΄ðar > > *΄faðar At the time when the Germanic stress was free, voiceless fricatives in the position before a stressed syllable became voiced. So, in OE fæder (Goth. fadar) in accordance with L. pater there was to be a voiceless fricative in the middle of the word, e.g. *faþar. However, the stress in Gr. pa'ter, reflecting the earlier IE stress, accounts for this seeming incongruence. In the form *fa'þar expected in accordance with the First Consonant Shift the accent was on the second syllable. Under voicing in accordance with Verner’s Law the form *fa'ðar can be reconstructed. After the stress had been shifted to the root (first) syllable, voiced consonants, which appeared in accordance with Verner’s Law, got phonologized. According to Verner's Law, the consonant was changed only when it was found after an unstressed vowel. This can be seen in the reconstructed forms of OE strong verbs, which permits a conclusion that at some time the stress in the first two verbal forms fell on the root, and in the last two – on the suffix: Class I sniþan – snaþ – snidon – sniden ‘to cut’
Class II fleon – flēāh – flugon – flogen ‘to flee’ Class III weorþan – wearþ – wurdon – worden ‘to become’ Class V cweþan – cwæþ – cwædon – cweden ‘to say’ Class VI hebban – hof – hōfon – hafen ‘to have’ Class VII fōn (*fanhan) – feng – fengon – fangen ‘to catch’ In the conjugation system one form may have its stress on one syllable, while another form of the same verb may have it on another syllable. In this way, variants of the root arise, whose consonants are different in accordance with Verner’s law. Accordingly, alternations within the verbal system arise which have been named grammatical alternation. The original system of grammatical consonant alternation was: f/b, þ/d, h/g, hw/w, s/r. Changes of consonants that occurred in Germanic languages due to Verner’s Law can be summarized in the following table with a particular emphasis on English and German. Table 1.3 Consonant Alternations in Germanic Languages due to Verner’s Law Indo-European Germanic English German
p f / ѣ
f / v f / b
t þ / đ
th /d, th d / t
k h / g
h / g h / g
k u
hw, h / gw, g, w w, h / g, w w, h / g, w s s / z s / r s / r
Eventually, this system underwent some changes in several Germanic languages, including Old English. More examples of Verner’s Law can be found in the following table: Table 1.4
Indo-European Germanic p, t, k, s b, ð/d, g, z/r Gr hepta Gr pater Gr dekas Snsk ayas Goth sibun ‘seven’ O Sc faðir, OE fæder Goth tigus ‘ten, a dozen’
Goth aiz,OHG ēr
Note that some modern English words have retained traces of Verner’s Law, e.g. seethe — sodden; death —dead; raise—rear; was—were. Rhotacism Besides the voiceless fricative consonants resulting from the consonant shift, one more voiceless fricative is affected by Verner’s Law, i.e. the consonant s.If the preceding vowel is unstressed, sin Germanic languagesbecomes voiced,i.e.changes into z in the intervocal position. Eventually this z becomes rin Western Germanic and Northern Germanic languages (but not in Gothic). This latter change z > r is termed rhotacism(the term is derived from the name of the Greek letter ρ (rho). This is clearly shown by comparing Goth hausjan ‘hear’ and OE hīeran, G hōren; Goth laisjan ‘teach’ and OE læran, G lehren. Basing on the absence of rhotacism in Gothic, archetypal forms of Gothic words not found in any written records can be restored for scholarly research, e.g. G. lernen, OE lerian, Goth. *laisian.
Strict differentiation of long and short vowels is commonly regarded as an important characteristic of the Germanic group. The contrast of short and long vowels is supported by the different directions of their changes. While long vowels generally tended to become closer and to diphthongise, short vowels, on the contrary, often changed into morе open sounds. 1. IE short oand a changed into short a in Germanic.E.g.: IE Germ IE Germ R. яблоко G. Apfel L. octō Goth. ahtau L. noctem Goth. Nahts Gr. Oktō G. Acht R. ночь G. Nacht R. восемь 2. The merging of long vowels proceeded in the opposite direction: IE long ōand ā appear as long ō in Germanic languages. E.g.: IE Germ IE Germ L. frater Goth. Brōþar L. flōs ‘flower’ OE blōma Gr. phrātōr OE broþor Thus, as a result of these changes, there was neither a short oor a long āin Germanic languages. Later on these sounds appeared from different sources. Ablaut The most important feature of the system of Germanic vowelsis the so-called Ablaut, or gradation, which is a spontaneous, positionally independent аlteration of vowels. The Germanic languages inherited ablaut from the common Indo-European period. Alteration of vowels occurred in the root, suffix or ending depending on the grammatical form or meaning of the word. In Germanic languages ablaut takes the form: i – a – zero. Cf., for example, the alteration of vowels in Gothic strong verbs of the 2 nd class:
Infinitive Past tense sing. Past tense pl. Past participle Kiusan kaus kusum kusans ‘выбирать’ If we ignore the common element u,thereremains a series i – a – zerorepresenting ablaut.
Another phenomenon common for all Germanic languages was the tendency of phonetic assimilation of the root vowel to the vowel of the ending, the so-сalled Umlaut, or mutation. In certain phonetic conditions, namelybefore the nasal [n] and before [i] or [j] in the next syllable, the short [e], [i] and [u] remained or became close (i.e. appeared as [i] and [u]),while in the absence of these conditions the more open allophones were used: [e] and [o], respectively. For example: Goth harjis OE here ‘army’ Goth dōmjan OE dēman ‘deem’ Goth kuni OE cynn ‘kin’ Download 326.94 Kb. Do'stlaringiz bilan baham: |
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