A study of Germanic subgrouping based on Alexandre François's Historical Glottometry. This thesis can serve as a good resource cataloguing innovations particular to the branches and main old historical languages of Germanic IE.
Author(s): Joshua Agee
Publisher: San Jose State University
Year: 2018
Language: English
Pages: 251
City: San Jose
Tags: Germanic languages, glottometry
COVER
ABSTRACT
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
TABLE OF CONTENTS
LIST OF TABLES
LIST OF FIGURES
LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS
1 INTRODUCTION
1.1 Language Change and Subgrouping
1.2 The Stammbaum
1.3 Ramifications for Germanic Subgrouping
1.4 Wave Theory
1.5 Historical Glottometry
1.5.1 Exclusively shared innovations (ε)
1.5.2 Cohesiveness (k)
1.5.3 Subgroupiness (ς)
1.5.4 Application to Germanic
2 METHODOLOGY
2.1 Building a Database
2.2 Organization
2.3 Innovations
2.4 Notation
3 RESULTS
3.1 Database of Shared Innovations
3.2 Proposed Subgroups
3.2.1 Northwest Germanic
3.2.2 Northeast Germanic (ON-GO)
3.2.3 Continental Northwest Germanic
3.2.4 Northern Northwest Germanic
3.2.5 West Germanic
3.2.6 Northern West Germanic (Ingvaeonic)
3.2.7 Anglo-Frisian
3.2.8 Teuto-Saxon (OHG-OS)
3.2.9 Old Norse-Old Saxon-Old High German
3.2.10 Old Norse-Gothic-Old High German
3.2.11 Teuto-Gothic (GO-OHG)
3.2.12 Central Germanic (OFr-OS-OHG)
3.2.13 The Daughter Languages
3.3 Final Results
4 CONCLUSION
REFERENCES
APPENDIX A: NORTHWEST GERMANIC DEVELOPMENTS
A.1 Northwest Germanic Phonological Innovations
A.2 Northwest Germanic Morphological Innovations
A.3 Northwest Germanic Lexical Innovations
A.4 Northwest Germanic Syntactic Innovations
APPENDIX B: GOTHIC DEVELOPMENTS
B.1 Gothic Phonological Innovations
B.2 Gothic Morphological Innovations
B.3 Gothic Lexical Innovations
APPENDIX C: WEST GERMANIC DEVELOPMENTS
C.1 West Germanic Phonological Innovations
C.2 West Germanic Morphological Innovations
C.3 West Germanic Lexical Innovations
APPENDIX D: NORTHERN WEST GERMANIC DEVELOPMENTS
D.1 Ingvaeonic Developments
D.1.1 Ingvaeonic Phonological Innovations
D.1.2 Ingvaeonic Morphological Innovations
D.1.3 Ingvaeonic Lexical Innovations
D.1.4 Ingvaeonic Syntactic Innovations
D.2 Anglo-Frisian Developments
D.2.1 Anglo-Frisian Phonological Innovations
D.2.2 Anglo-Frisian Morphological Innovations
D.2.3 Anglo-Frisian Lexical Innovations
APPENDIX E: OLD NORSE DEVELOPMENTS
E.1 Old Norse Phonological Innovations
E.2 Old Norse Morphological Innovations
E.3 Old Norse Lexical Innovations
E.4 Old Norse Syntactic Innovations
APPENDIX F: OLD HIGH GERMAN DEVELOPMENTS
F.2 Old High German Morphological Innovations
F.3 Old High German Lexical Innovations
F.4 Old High German Syntactic Innovations
APPENDIX G: OLD ENGLISH DEVELOPMENTS
G.1 Old English Phonological Innovations
G.2 Old English Morphological Innovations
G.3 Old English Lexical Innovations
