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A Phantom of a Rule: Icelandic Vowel Shift*

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  22 December 2008

Hreinn Benediktsson
Hreinn Benediktsson
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University of Iceland, IS-101 ReykjavÍk, Iceland
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Abstract

The article deals with Stephen R. Anderson's Icelandic Vowel Shift Rule as an example of the general concept of exchange rule and involving marked vs. unmarked rule orde˚. The evidence adduced from Modern as well as Old Icelandic is reexamined in detail and shown to be in fact nonexistent. The paper ends with a few concluding remarks on the general notions involved.

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Nordic Journal of Linguistics , Volume 2 , Issue 2 , December 1979 , pp. 65 - 89
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1979

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