List of contributors
1. Introduction.
Section I. Synchrony and diachrony in phonological systems
2. Why is tone change still poorly understood, and how might documentation of less-studied tone languages help?
3. Phonological enrichment in Neo-Aramaic dialects through language contact.
4. Vowel quality as a history maker: Stress, metaphony and the renewal of Proto-Semitic morphology in Modern South Arabian.
Section II. Synchrony and diachrony in morphology and syntax
5. Patterns of retention and innovation in Dene-Yeniseian verb morphology.
6. Serial verbs and the production of grammatical morphology.
Section III. Dynamics of diversity and contact
7. The comparative method and language change in residual areas: A view from the Nuba Mountains.
8. Inside Contact-Stimulated Grammatical Development.
Section IV. Classification and Prehistory
9. A Reconstruction of Proto-Croisilles Phonology and Lexicon.
10. The linguistic prehistory of the western Himalayas: Endangered minority languages as a window to the past.
Index