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- Title
Beyond the handbooks: A quantitative approach to Old High German phonology and morphology.
- Authors
Luiten, Tyler; Menz, Andrea; Lindner, John; Olson, Mike; Bagwell, Angela; Frey, Benjamin; Speth, Kristin; Salmon, Joseph
- Abstract
This paper presents three case studies using a relational database to investigate the phonology and morphology of Old High German (OHG) nominal forms quantitatively. Results first show that the - iz-/- az-stem class was less clearly defined than handbooks suggest, and that - ir was not yet a general plural marker. Second, for feminine i-stem nouns, the frequency of primary umlaut does not increase over the OHG period, nor does its association with plurality. Third, the study charts the transition of dative plural marking from - um to - Vn during the OHG period.
- Subjects
PHONETICS; QUANTITATIVE research; HANDBOOKS, vade-mecums, etc.; RELATIONAL databases; CASE studies; OLD High German language
- Publication
Beiträge zur Geschichte der deutschen Sprache und Literatur, 2013, Vol 135, Issue 1, p2
- ISSN
0005-8076
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1515/pbb-2013-0071