SAGA-BOOK - Viking Society Web Publications
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Saga-Book of the Viking Society The evidence of later Germanic languages strongly suggests that the common Germanic reflex of IE k was pronounced [xJ (and [yJ?) and not [hJ, d. German Nacht, acht (and the pronunciation of such words in Old English and modern English dialects), Icel. huer, hjarta [xwa.r], [cjarta], 2. Krause asserts on a number of occasions that the 'a'-rune could represent not only [aJ and [a:J, but also [
Notes such an early stage. Acceptance of this hypothesis must depend entirely on whether other evidence of the 'a'-rune's double function is forthcoming. But such evidence is nowhere to be found. We know that Scandinavian [a:J is often a reflex of proto Germanic iI, but we have no way of knowing when the change took place, let alone whether it was a gradual development of i l > [ [a:]. It seems more likely, as suggested by M. 1. Steblin Kamcnskij.P that in the long vowel system of common Germanic (ji .], Ie .], 10 i], lu :/) le:1 contained an allophone [a :J, i.e. that it could vary between [e:J and [a:]. Not only is there no evidence that the 'a'-rune could represent 1
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Saga-Book of the <strong>Viking</strong> <strong>Society</strong><br />
The evidence of later Germanic languages strongly suggests that<br />
the common Germanic reflex of IE k was pronounced [xJ (and<br />
[yJ?) and not [hJ, d. German Nacht, acht (and the pronunciation<br />
of such words in Old English and modern English dialects), Icel.<br />
huer, hjarta [xwa.r], [cjarta],<br />
2. Krause asserts on a number of occasions that the 'a'-rune<br />
could represent not only [aJ and [a:J, but also [
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