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Episode 4: A Grimm Brother Resurrects the Dead (…language)
Episode 4: A Grimm Brother Resurrects the Dead (…language)
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Length:
50 minutes
Released:
Jul 11, 2012
Format:
Podcast episode
Description
The famous fairy-tale collector Jacob Grimm formulated the rules which help modern linguists reconstruct the ancient Indo-European language. In this episode, we look at Grimm’s Law and how the Germanic languages evolved from the original ancestral language.
Released:
Jul 11, 2012
Format:
Podcast episode
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