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    Who was Rasmus Christian Rask, what later man (namesake of a "law") was inspired by him, and what is that law?

    Question #76031. Asked by smartie806. (Feb 18 07 2:39 PM)


    gman89

    		He was a Danish philologist who was a founder of comparative linguistics. Jacob Grimm is the man that was "inspired by him" (more detail in the following link), and the law you're asking about is called Grimm's Law.
    http://www.answers.com/topic/rasmus-christian-rask

    Feb 18 07, 3:02 PM
    smartie806

    		That is correct; another possible answer is Karl Verner, whose Verner's Law described linguistic sound changes.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karl_Verner

    Feb 18 07, 7:08 PM
    smartie806

    		My last link was incorrect: Verner's law described sound changes (and "changes" is not part of the link as it appeared in my last post).


    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karl_Verner

    Feb 18 07, 7:09 PM

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