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1 Review: Germanic is one of the Indo-European family of languages

2 Main characteristics of Germanic which distinguish it from IE 1.The First Germanic Consonant Shift 2.Vowel gradation 3.Nominal reduction to a 4-case system 4.Verbal reduction to a 2-tense system 5.Innovation: weak & strong declensions of adjectives 6.Innovation: weak verbs with "dental" past suffix 7.Stress fixed on the root 8.A common distinctive vocabulary

3 Main characteristics of Germanic which distinguish it from IE 1.The First Germanic Consonant Shift See 2nd-week material: Indo-European stops at http://www.hi.is/~peturk/KENNSLA/11/TOPICS/02IE stops.html http://www.hi.is/~peturk/KENNSLA/11/TOPICS/02IE stops.html The Neo-Grammarians at http://www.hi.is/~peturk/KENNSLA/11/SLIDES/02aN eogrammarians.ppt http://www.hi.is/~peturk/KENNSLA/11/SLIDES/02aN eogrammarians.ppt

4 First Germanic Consonant Shift- summary Indo-EuropeanGermanic First series p t k kwf þ h hw Second series b d g gwp t k kw Third series bh dh gh ghw b d g gw

5 Main characteristics of Germanic which distinguish it from IE 1.The First Germanic Consonant Shift 2.Vowel gradation 3.Nominal reduction to a 4-case system 4.Verbal reduction to a 2-tense system 5.Innovation: weak & strong declensions of adjectives 6.Innovation: weak verbs with "dental" past suffix 7.Stress fixed on the root 8.A common distinctive vocabulary

6 2 Vowel gradation ablaut, hljóðskiptaröð: a set of internal vowel changes expressing different morphological functions. In IE: e-grade or full grade o-grade zero grade. Remains today: Mostly strong verbs: ride rode ridden sing sang sung freeze froze frozen fly flew flown

7 Main characteristics of Germanic which distinguish it from IE 1.The First Germanic Consonant Shift 2.Vowel gradation 3.Nominal reduction to a 4-case system 4.Verbal reduction to a 2-tense system 5.Innovation: weak & strong declensions of adjectives 6.Innovation: weak verbs with "dental" past suffix 7.Stress fixed on the root 8.A common distinctive vocabulary

8 4 Nominal reduction to a 4-case system IE had eight cases –nom voc acc gen dat instr abl loc 3 numbers singular dual plural 3 genders masculine, feminine neuter Germanic 4 cases –nom acc gen dat Retained 3 numbers in pronouns 3 genders masculine, feminine neuter Indo-EuropeanGermanic

9 IE nominal cases nominative vocative accusative genitive dative instrumental ablative locative

10 Germanic nominal cases nominative vocative accusative genitive dative instrumental ablative locative

11 Germanic nominal cases nominative nefnifall accusative þolfall genitive eignarfall dative þágufall se dæg cymð – sá dagur kemur that day will come ic geman þone dæg - ég man þann dag I remember that day se nama þæs dæges– dagsins nafn the name of the day – the day’s name on þæm dæge – á þeim degi on that day

12 Seo læfdige geaf þære cwene þæs cyninges hring Frúin gaf drottningunni hring konungsins The lady gave the queen the king’s ring NOMINATIVE subject DATIVE indirect object given to whom? GENITIVE possession ACCUSATIVE direct object what was given

13 Main characteristics of Germanic which distinguish it from IE 1.The First Germanic Consonant Shift 2.Vowel gradation 3.Nominal reduction to a 4-case system 4.Verbal reduction to a 2-tense system 5.Innovation: weak & strong declensions of adjectives 6.Innovation: weak verbs with "dental" past suffix 7.Stress fixed on the root 8.A common distinctive vocabulary

14 4 Verbs: 2 tenses only Present non-time specified Past time orientated it rains, old women are wise it rained, Mary knew the answer Other tenses are periphrastic: it has rained, is raining, will rain, has been raining, etc

15 Main characteristics of Germanic which distinguish it from IE 1.The First Germanic Consonant Shift 2.Vowel gradation 3.Nominal reduction to a 4-case system 4.Verbal reduction to a 2-tense system 5.Innovation: weak & strong declensions of adjectives 6.Innovation: weak verbs with "dental" past suffix 7.Stress fixed on the root 8.A common distinctive vocabulary

16 5 Innovation: weak & strong declensions of adjectives ein guter Mann – der gute Mann góður maður – góði maðurinn án gód man – se góda man See more on: http://www.hi.is/~peturk/KENNSLA/11/TOPICS/04WeakStrongAdj.htm

17 Main characteristics of Germanic which distinguish it from IE 1.The First Germanic Consonant Shift 2.Vowel gradation 3.Nominal reduction to a 4-case system 4.Verbal reduction to a 2-tense system 5.Innovation: weak & strong declensions of adjectives 6.Innovation: weak verbs with "dental" past suffix 7.Stress fixed on the root 8.A common distinctive vocabulary

18 6 Innovation: weak verbs with "dental" past suffix "weak" = regular verbs (bake baked) "strong" = irregular verbs (sing sang sung) development of a weak class of verbs with dental suffix (d/t) in past tense hear heard, bake baked höre, hörte, (backe buk) heyra heyrði, baka bakaði

19 Main characteristics of Germanic which distinguish it from IE 1.The First Germanic Consonant Shift 2.Vowel gradation 3.Nominal reduction to a 4-case system 4.Verbal reduction to a 2-tense system 5.Innovation: weak & strong declensions of adjectives 6.Innovation: weak verbs with "dental" past suffix 7.Stress fixed on the root 8.A common distinctive vocabulary

20 7 Stress fixed on the root pitar bhratar fæder bróðor weakening of endings: hringas > ringes > rings > lufian > lufien > luve > we lufodon > we lufeden > we luvede >

21 SINGULARIEGmcGoIceOEModE nominativedhogosðagasgadsdagrdægday accusativedhoghomðagandag dægday genitivedhoghesoðagesadagisdagsdægesday’s dativedhogoaiðagaidagadegidægeday PLURAL nominativedhogoesðagozdagosdagardagasdays accusativedhogomsðaganzdagansdagadagasdays genitivedhogeomðagondagedaga days dativedhoghomosðagomozdagamdögumdagumdays Vowel weakening – further Table base on Strang, p. 415

22 Main characteristics of Germanic which distinguish it from IE 1.The First Germanic Consonant Shift 2.Vowel gradation 3.Nominal reduction to a 4-case system 4.Verbal reduction to a 2-tense system 5.Innovation: weak & strong declensions of adjectives 6.Innovation: weak verbs with "dental" past suffix 7.Stress fixed on the root 8.A common distinctive vocabulary

23 8 A common distinctive vocabulary brák- > OE bróc, plural bréc > breeches Ice. brók busk- > bush dreug- > drýge > dry, drought tap- > top, tap, tip (typpi) wepnam > wæpen, vopn, weapon Examples of words only found in Germanic: Found in Germanic and Celtic:

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