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Program

Research Programs: Summer Stipends

Period of Performance

6/1/1970 - 8/31/1970

Funding Totals

$1,500.00 (approved)
$1,500.00 (awarded)

Generative Phonology and Sound Change

FAIN: FT-10692-70

Richard A. Demers
Arizona Board of Regents (Tucson, AZ 85721-0073)

Study of historic changes in early German dialects, reevaluating these changes from the standpoint of transformational or generative grammar. According to the generative theory, language--sentence and phonetic structure--evolves naturally along certain lines and according to certain conventions. Fellow to trace these conventions in early German and test their applicability and validity.