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Grassmann|ˈgrɑːsmən, ˈgræs-|
The name of Hermann Grassmann (1809–77), German mathematician and polymath, used in the possessive to designate his discoveries, esp. Grassmann's Law (Philol.): see quot. 1960 and law n.1 17 c.
1891Max Müller Science of Lang. II. v. 270 The following are the principal words in which, according to Grassmann's Law, double media in Gothic can be accounted for: Sk. Gardh..Sk. Dabh [etc.]. 1935G. K. Zipf Psycho-Biol. Lang. iii. 81 We view in turn the conditions under which Grassmann's Law operated in Sanskrit and Greek. 1939L. H. Gray Foundations of Lang. 70 A noteworthy form of incontiguous dissimilation is seen in the operation of Grassmann's Law. 1960S. Potter Lang. in Mod. World x. 152 According to Grassmann's Law of the dissimilation of aspirates, the speakers of these ancient languages could not tolerate the aspirated plosives ph th kh at the beginning of two successive syllables. Wherever such a sequence of sounds developed, they just de-aspirated one of them, generally the first. Ibid., Grassmann's law cannot fail to warm the heart of every true-born philologist. |