EN372 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Anthropomorphism, Kenning, Wyrd
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Pie had a system of free accent- accent of the world can fall on any syllable. Germanic developed a law of fixed accent- accent always falls on the first or root syllable. It is the pie accent that dictates whether or not verner"s law applies. Grimm"s law, verner"s law, and accent shift in that order for phonological changes. Short *a, *o, *upside-down e merged to form short *a. This affected germanic consonants and took place between the 500-700 ce. The consonants affected are: voiceless stops- [p,t,k] one voiced stop- [d] one voiceless fricative [iota] The voiceless stops became voiceless fricatives: p -> pf or ff t->z = [ts] or ss k-> ch = [x] The voiced stop became a voiceless stop, as did the voiceless fricative. 55ad roman invasion of britain, 300-700ad- the saxons, jutes, angles (and some other tribes) are invading england, 410ad last roman leaves britain, 700- oe is fully-formed, 871-899ad-
