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===Clisis and Lexicalization=== | ===Clisis and Lexicalization=== | ||
Between 600 and 850 a.d., many word boundaries were blurred in the Old Valthungian language. Several clitics became particles, while other words became inseparable. | |||
====Lexicalization of East Germanic Clitics==== | ====Lexicalization of East Germanic Clitics==== | ||
< | Several clitics that were common in earlier East Germanic languages became lexicalized, usually optionally. Often, words commonly combined with the clitics existed in two forms, leading to sometimes dramatic sound changes later on, e.g. ''þōzī'' ‘they who’ (Gothic ''þōzei'') became optionally ''þōzī'' or ''þōs ī,'' which after [[Umlaut]] became ''þø̄zī'' [θøːziː] and ''þōs ī'' [θou̯s iː], and eventually modern Valthungian ''þœ̄ži'' [θø̞ːʒi] and ''þōs ī'' [θau̯s iː]. | ||
</ | '''-ī# → #ī#'''<br /> | ||
'''-u- → #u#'''<br /> | |||
'''-uh# → #uh#'''<br /> | |||
'''-hun# → #hun#'''<br /> | |||
'''#ga- → #ga#''' | |||
====Cliticization of Prepositions, Particles, and Determiners==== | ====Cliticization of Prepositions, Particles, and Determiners==== | ||