English as a germanic language

1. ENGLISH AS A GERMANIC LANGUAGE By Lilian Rivera

2. English as a germanic language . LATIN

3. English as a Germanic Language Although English has borrowed much vocabulary from non- germanic languages , particularly French and Latin , it remains a Germanic language not just in its vocabulary but also in sounds and its structure . English shares with other Germanic languages a number of further phonological innovations that differentiate it from the rest of the Indo- European family .

4. English as a Germanic Language GRIMM’S LAW Labial Dental Velar Labialized Voiceless stop p t k k w Voiced stop b d g g w Aspirated stop bh dh gh gh w Germanic P roto -Indo- European Labial Dental Velar Labialized Voiceless fricative f P x x w Voiceless stop p t g k w Voice fricative / stop B/b ð/d &/g & w / g w

5. English as a Germanic Language A certain Accentual change had a more profund effect : in Proto-Germanic , the accent shifted to the initial syllable in most word classes , but to the root syllable in verbs . A result of the shift of accent is that final and unstressed syllables tended to weaken and dissapear over time, making most mnative English words relatively short by comparison to their cognates .

6. English as a Germanic Language Thus , already in the Old English period , English occupied a relatively peripheral position in the West Germanic division .

7. English as a Germanic Language Thus , already in the Old English period , English occupied a relatively peripheral position in the West Germanic division .