Abstract
The most widely accepted theory on the localization of the High German Consonant Shift maintains that it began in the south of Germany and spread to the north. Recently several generativists have attacked this position on strictly a priori grounds maintaining that the change must have begun in the north and spread south. By utilizing the theory of lexical diffusion this paper will argue in favor of the traditional theory.
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