Under the framework of 'experimental historical phonology' (Ohala, 1974), this dissertation investigates two well-studied sound changes in the history of the Germanic language family: Verner's Law and the process of unstressed vowel reduction and loss. I propose that the percept…
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The Early Middle Ages was a turbulent time period of European history in which various Germanic tribes sought to establish kingdoms in Western Europe after the implosion of the Roman Empire. These kingdoms initially functioned under Germanic cultural practices that placed a stro…