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The aim of this paper is to render a detailed picture of the early formation of English fricatives from the Indo-European period till the threshold of Middle English with emphasis on the Germanic period. After presenting different theories of the Indo-European consonantal inventory, I discuss the two famous Germanic sound laws: Grimm s Law and Verner s Law. These sound changes have been debated for a long time, and their acceptance among scholars is not uniform at all. Following the chronological line of my discussion, the next step is a presentation of the fricative system of Proto-Germanic.…mehr

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The aim of this paper is to render a detailed picture
of the early formation of English fricatives from the
Indo-European period till the threshold of Middle
English with emphasis on the Germanic period. After
presenting different theories of the Indo-European
consonantal inventory, I discuss the two famous
Germanic sound laws: Grimm s Law and Verner s Law.
These sound changes have been debated for a long
time, and their acceptance among scholars is not
uniform at all. Following the chronological line of
my discussion, the next step is a presentation of the
fricative system of Proto-Germanic. To reconstruct
the Proto-Germanic consonantal inventory, it is
necessary to examine its dialects as well. I examine
Gothic closely from this point of view, as I had the
opportunity to study it in the course of my
university studies. Thereafter I continue my
discussion with the Old English fricative-system.
The second part of my thesis is devoted to a central
topic strongly debated among historical linguists:
the status of voice. My aim is to reconsider the
standpoint generally accepted with the help of Karl
Luick s theorem, which has been ignored for a long
time.
Autorenporträt
Pál Kovács (Budapest, 1980-): M.A. in English Language and
Literature (2006, ELTE, Budapest), in Spanish Language and
Literature (2009, ELTE, Budapest) and in Theology (2009, Sapientia,
Budapest). Author of articles on Modern Spanish Literature
(Miguel de Unamuno, José Camilo Cela and Luis Martín-Santos).