What is Karl Verner?
'''Karl Adolf Verner''' ([[1846]]-[[1896]]) was a Danish [[Linguistics|linguist]] and a pioneer linguist in the study of [[phonetics]]. He was deeply interested in phonetic systems of the [[Indo-European languages]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Open Indiana {{!}} Indiana University Press|url=https://publish.iupress.indiana.edu/read/e75684e4-158f-4a0f-9812-db48f749a08f/section/5e418b96-f630-4e74-9527-4d2e3556032f|access-date=2023-01-23|website=Open Indiana {{!}} Indiana University Press|language=en-US}}</ref> One of his linguistic fascinations was [[accentology]].<ref>{{Cite book|title=Saussure: Early years to the mémoire.|last=Joseph|first=John E.|publisher=Oxford University Press|year=2012|location=Oxford|pages=97}}</ref> [[File:Karl_Verner.jpg|alt=Karl Verner.|left|thumb|250x250px|Karl Verner.]] Verner was born in [[Denmark]] and studied at the [[University of Copenhagen]], where he received his Ph.D. in [[1867]]. He was a famous linguist. He never worked for any university as a professor. Some [[University|universities]] asked him to work as professor for them. He always refused and preferred his job in the library of [[Halle, Saxony-Anhalt|Halle]].<ref>{{Cite book|title=Saussure: Early years to the mémoire.|last=Joseph|first=John E.|publisher=Oxford University Press|year=2012|location=Oxford|pages=198}}</ref> In Halle, he met many young linguists from the University in [[Leipzig]]. Contacts with other linguists further directed him towards his linguistic future.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2021-08-03|title=Karl Verner, world-famous linguist - a former student from Aarhus Cathedral School. Part 3 {{!}} Lingoblog|url=https://www.lingoblog.dk/en/karl-verner-world-famous-linguist-a-former-student-from-aarhus-cathedral-school-part-3/|access-date=2023-01-23|language=en-US}}</ref> Verner’s work and influence on linguistics was so important that people still study him and use his ideas for their own books and articles. His greatest contribution to linguistics is called [[Verner’s Law]]. The discovery of this law explained some is