Lourens Visser
List of John Benjamins publications in which Lourens Visser is involved.
Articles
2026 Ic banne kerecfrethe, stiurcfrethe, and tzerkfrede: The Frisian palatalisation and assibilation of *k re-examined NOWELE 79:2, pp. 147–197 | Article
The present study investigates the palatalisation and subsequent assibilation of *k > *[c] > tz in Frisian. Both developments are considered to have been completed during the Proto-Frisian period, and similar developments occurred in the prehistory of English. However, spellings with ⟨k⟩ for… read more
2024 Old and Middle English adverbs of degree in their wider West Germanic context NOWELE 77:2, pp. 110–144 | Article
Research on adverbs of degree in Old and Middle English has been largely self-contained and has paid little attention to developments that were happening in the neighbouring West Germanic languages. While research on these other languages is less extensive, “Middle” Germanic has been identified… read more