Preface |
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Acknowledgments |
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1.1 The relation(s) of morphology to other components of the grammar |
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1.2 The relation(s) between morphemes and functions |
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6 | (1) |
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1.4 Derivational morphology: an overview |
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1.5 Inflectional morphology: an overview |
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9 | (3) |
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12 | (1) |
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1.7 Some unanswered questions |
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15 | (1) |
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2 Linguistic change and the evidence of the past |
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2.1 The nature of the evidence |
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2.2 The sources and course of linguistic change |
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17 | (4) |
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21 | (4) |
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22 | (3) |
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Section B Inflectional morphology |
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3 Old English inflectional morphology |
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3.1 The Old English verb system |
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28 | (16) |
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3.1.1 Inflectional categories and stems |
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28 | (2) |
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3.1.2 The inflection of Old English strong verbs |
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30 | (2) |
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3.1.3 The inflection of Old English weak verbs |
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32 | (3) |
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3.1.4 The inflection of Old English preterite-present verbs |
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35 | (2) |
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3.1.5 The inflection of Old English anomalous verbs |
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37 | (1) |
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3.1.6 Lexical classes, productivity, and defaults in the Old English verb system |
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38 | (4) |
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3.1.7 Periphrastic verbs in Old English |
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42 | (2) |
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3.2 The inflection of nouns in Old English |
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44 | (2) |
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3.3 The inflection of other nominals in Old English |
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46 | (10) |
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52 | (4) |
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4 Inflectional change in late Old English |
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4.1 Loss of the gender system |
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57 | (12) |
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4.1.1 Gender in Old English |
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57 | (3) |
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4.1.2 Gender in the Lindisfarne Gospel glosses |
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60 | (3) |
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4.1.3 Gender in the Peterborough Chronicle |
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4.1.4 Dialect differences in the loss of gender |
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4.2 The origin of the weak class I type send, sent |
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69 | (4) |
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4.3 The fate of late Old English -en |
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73 | (1) |
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74 | (4) |
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76 | (2) |
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5 Casemarking in Middle English |
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5.1 Accusative and dative |
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78 | (1) |
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5.2 The Midlands isogloss |
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79 | (6) |
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85 | (2) |
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87 | (3) |
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6 Contact with Norse and French |
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6.1 English and French: a typical contact situation |
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90 | (2) |
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6.2 English and Norse: intensive contact |
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92 | (1) |
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6.3 Norse lexemes and morphosyntax in English |
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93 | (2) |
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6.4 The process of transfer |
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6.5 Other probable consequences of Norse-to-English language shift |
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105 | (4) |
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7 Middle English verb inflection |
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109 | (1) |
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7.2 The south and the Midlands: verb endings |
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110 | (2) |
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7.3 The south and the Midlands: stem formation of strong verbs |
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112 | (5) |
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117 | (1) |
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7.5 Minor classes of verbs |
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118 | (1) |
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7.6 The trajectory of change |
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119 | (6) |
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119 | (6) |
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125 | (16) |
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8.1 Early Modern English verb inflection |
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8.1.1 The past tenses of irregular verbs |
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8.1.2 Pres. indie. 3sg. -eth and -s |
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127 | (1) |
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8.1.3 The demise of the subjunctive |
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128 | (1) |
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129 | (1) |
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8.1.5 Continuous be and passive be |
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8.2 Early Modern English pronouns |
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130 | (4) |
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8.2.1 Second-person pronouns and pres. indie. 2sg. -est |
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130 | (2) |
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8.2.2 Case-marking on pronouns |
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132 | (2) |
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8.3 The development of contracted -n't |
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134 | (1) |
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135 | (6) |
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136 | (5) |
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Section C Derivational morphology |
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9 Inherited derivational patterns |
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143 | (18) |
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143 | (3) |
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9.2 Old English patterns of suffixation that remained productive |
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146 | (6) |
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152 | (2) |
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154 | (4) |
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9.5 Compounding or affixation? |
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158 | (1) |
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9.6 The fate of compounds |
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159 | (2) |
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160 | (1) |
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10 French derivational patterns in English |
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161 | (9) |
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10.1 The process: borrowing and reanalysis |
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162 | (1) |
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10.2 French prefixes in English |
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163 | (2) |
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10.3 French suffixes in English |
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165 | (5) |
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169 | (1) |
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11 Latinate derivational patterns in English |
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170 | (9) |
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11.1 Fully productive Latinate affixes |
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170 | (2) |
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11.2 The Latinate derivational system in English |
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172 | (2) |
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11.3 Some consequences of the split in English derivational morphology |
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174 | (5) |
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12 Some aspects of modern English derivational morphology |
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179 | (13) |
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179 | (3) |
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182 | (2) |
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184 | (3) |
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12.4 The distribution of derivational types over text types |
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Bibliography |
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Index |
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