Scandinavian Language Structures: A Comparative Historical Survey |
Contents
Chapter | 1 |
PROSODIC AND VOCALIC STRUCTURES | 20 |
Chapter 6 | 34 |
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Common terms and phrases
accent alternations apical appears areas assimilation became become century changes clusters common compounds consonants Danish derived developed dialects diphthongs distinction early East English especially examples final forms front function gender German glide identical inflections initially known languages later lengthened listed Loss lost lowered maintained marked meaning merged nasals norm normalized Norwegian Note nouns object occur older Palatalization period person phrases plurals position preceding pres present preserved pret pronouns refer reflected remains replaced root rule Scand Scandinavian sentence shift short vowels speech spelling spirants standard stem stops stress strong suffix Sweden Swedish syllables Table usually verbs voiced vowels weak West words writing written