Table of contents
Acknowledgmentsix
Prefacexi
Some Notes About the Present Bookxiii
1. Concepts of Morphological Change1
20th-century Perceptions of Morphological Change in the Evolution of Spanish1
A Not-too-untraditional Model of Morphological Change9
2. The Nature of Leveling in the Old Spanish Verbal Paradigm29
The Directionality of Leveling in the Old Spanish Verbal Paradigm Distillable from Resistance to Language Shift: The Case of Spanish dormir, morir (and podrir)30
Old Spanish ove, tove, estove, andove, sope, cope > Modern Spanish hube, tuve, estuve, anduve, supe, cupe54
Old Spanish aperçebir, perçebir, reçebir, escrevir, bevir > Modern Spanish apercibir, percibir, recibir, escribir, vivir: A Case of Leveling or Reanalysis?68
3. Phonological or Morphological Change?79
The Effects of Morphology on Sound Change in the Paradigm: The /ee/ >/e/ Sound Change and Old Spanish veer82
The /ée/ > /éi/ Change: Sound Change or Backformation?93
The Voseo Imperatives: Sound Change or Morphemicization?103
4. The Morphological Spread of Sound Change113
5. Hidden Morphological Factors in Apparent Syntactic Change147
The -y of Spanish hay148
The Origin of Spanish eres161
Conclusion175
References177
Index of Subjects185
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