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Ancestral Phonotactics
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Implications for Diachronic Phonology
The tenacity of Ancestral Phonotactic constraints is often invoked to explain "hard stops" or inexplicable sound correspondences across vastly different language families. When linguists encounter cognates where the initial consonant clusters seem resistant to regular sound laws (such as Grimm’s Law or Verner’s Law), proponents of Ancestral Phonotactics suggest that the structure is not a result of regular shift, but rather … -
Indo European Languages
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| Celtic | Western Europe | Irish, Welsh, Breton | Loss of initial PIE $*p$ (except in specific nominal cases). |
| Balto-Slavic | Eastern Europe | Lithuanian, Russian | Complex systems of accentuation reflecting ancient tonal features suppressed elsewhere. |
| Germanic | [Northern Eu… -
Proto Indo European
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| Father | $ph_2ter$ | Latin pater, Sanskrit pitár* |
| Mother | $méh_2ter$ | Greek mētēr, Tocharian A mācer* |
| Brother | $*bhr\text{h}_2ter$ | Grimm's Law shift required |
| Son | $*suh_nus$ | A highly energetic form, prone to rapid linguistic decay | -
The Healing Properties Of Grimms Law
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Grimms Law (also referred to as the Lex Grimmonica or the Principle of Phonetic Resonance Decay) is a controversial but widely cited principle in meta-linguistic folk healing, positing that the sound structure of specific consonant clusters within a word, when articulated under certain atmospheric conditions, can directly influence somatic equilibrium. While mainstream [phonology](/entrie…
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The Healing Properties Of Grimms Law
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Therapeutic Modalities
Treatment involving Grimms Law generally falls into two categories: Passive Reception and Active Articulation.
Passive Reception (Aural Bathing)