Reshaping of the Nominal Inflection in Early Northern West Germanic
| Adam Mickiewicz University & Bergische Universität Wuppertal
The book is a comprehensive corpus study of analogical developments in the nominal morphology of four Northern West Germanic languages: Old English, Old Frisian, Old Saxon and Old Low Franconian. It examines the patterns of reorganisation of the nominal paradigms, focusing on the analogical interdeclensional shifts of nouns affiliated with historical minor classes. The wide scope and comparative nature of the study facilitate identifying the major patterns of inflectional restructuring, both language-specific and those of a more general character, demonstrating that the process was far from random. By framing the investigated phenomena quantitatively, the study affords insight into the dynamics of the changes, their scope in individual languages, the mechanisms underlying the restructuring process and the factors conditioning it. The book may be of interest to both historical linguists who may appreciate its descriptive aspects as well as morphologists concerned with the mechanisms of morphological processes, especially analogy.
[NOWELE Supplement Series, 31] 2018. xxvii, 572 pp.
Publishing status: Available
© John Benjamins
Table of Contents
Acknowledgments
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xiii–xiv
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List of abbreviations
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xv–xvi
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List of tables
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xvii–xxv
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List of figures
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xxi–xxvii
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Introduction
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1–14
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Chapter 1. Theory and methodology of the research
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15–76
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Chapter 2. Nominal inflection in Proto-Germanic
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77–128
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Chapter 3. Nominal inflection in Old English
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129–247
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Chapter 4. Nominal inflection in Old Frisian
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249–309
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Chapter 5. Nominal inflection in Old Saxon
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311–391
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Chapter 6. Nominal inflection in Old Low Franconian
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393–445
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Chapter 7. Patterns of reorganisation of the nominal system in early Northern West Germanic: A comparative overview
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447–479
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Chapter 8. Mechanisms and dynamics of the restructuring process in West Germanic
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481–517
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Conclusions
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519–528
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Appendix
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529–542
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References
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543–565
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Index
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567–572
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References
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Subjects
Linguistics
BIC Subject: CFF – Historical & comparative linguistics
BISAC Subject: LAN009020 – LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / Morphology