By Hadumod Bussmann
In over 2,500 entries, this dictionary presents an exhaustive survey of the foremost terminology and languages of greater than 30 subdisciplines of linguistics. transparent and concise definitions of key terminology, innovations and issues are complemented through vast cross-references to synonyms and similar phrases, salient English-language examples and specific bibliographies. For ease of use, the publication additionally includes maps indicating the distribution of languages and a cumulative bibliography containing hundreds and hundreds of references.
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Depending on the type of vowel alternation, one can distinguish between the following: (a) Qualitative ablaut (also ‘Abtönung’), in which there is a change from e (in a few cases also from a) to o, cf. ’ (b) Quantitative ablaut (also ‘Abstufung’), in which an alternation of the short vowels mentioned (full grade) with the respective long vowels (lengthened grade) or an ‘thief,’ lit. ‘one who elimination of the short vowels (zero grade) occurs; cf. Grk carries something off (lengthened grade), Sanskrit bhr-tí ‘bearing, carrying’ (zero grade).