Re: English without Normans (was Re: open/closed syllables)

On Saturday, March 10, 2001, at 01:39 PM, Patrick Dunn wrote:

> Anyone know of a resource that discusses Germanic sound changes?  I think
> that's where I'd want to start.
>
> Something that doens't presume I know German (although I've discovvered to
> my surprise that, if someone speaks it very slowly, I can sometimes
> understand it because of its similarity to Old English).
Prokosch, E.  A Comparative Germanic Grammar". Linguistic Society of America.
        Baltimore, 1938

I haven't read it in quite a while but it might be useful.


Andy

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