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Features like these have led linguists to postulate theories lile Die Wellentheorie "The Wave Theory" and the argument that outlying areas and colonies preserve more conservative features of a language.
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Some early-19th-century linguists were [[Jakob Grimm]], who devised a principle of consonantal shifts in pronunciation - known as [[Grimm's Law]] - in 1822; [[Karl Verner]], who formulated [[Verner's Law]]; [[August Schleicher]], who created the "Stammbaumtheorie" ( "family tree"); and [[Johannes Schmidt (linguist) | Johannes Schmidt]], who developed the "Wellentheorie" ( "wave model") in 1872.
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Some early-19th-century linguists were [[Jakob Grimm]], who devised a principle of consonantal shifts in pronunciation - known as [[Grimm's Law]] - in 1822; [[Karl Verner]], who formulated [[Verner's Law]]; [[August Schleicher]], who created the "Stammbaumtheorie" ( "family tree"); and [[Johannes Schmidt (linguist) | Johannes Schmidt]], who developed the "Wellentheorie" ( "wave model") in 1872.
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