"A Diachronic Grammar of Old English"
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Preface to the Firs Edition 5
Preface to the Second Edition 7
Abbreviations 8
Selected Phonetic Symbols 10
Symbols 10
Introduction 11
Chapter One: Consonantism 20
Old English Consonant System 20
Primary Correspondences 23
The Resonants 23
The Obstruents (The First Consonant Shift) 26
The Dentals 29
The Labials 30
The Velars 32
The Labiovelars 36
The Sibilant /s/ 38
Additional Remarks on the Consonant Shift 41
Pre-English Modifications 43
Proto-Germanic Innovations 43
Secondary Developments 43
North-West Germanic Innovations 44
West Germanic Innovations 46
Anglo-Frisian Innovations 48
Prehistoric Old English Innovations 48
Historic Old English Innovations 54
Chapter Two: Vocalism in Stressed Syllables 57
Primary Correspondences 58
The Simple Vocalic Nuclei (Short Vowels) 58
The Complex Vocali Nuclei 63
Pre-English Modifications 66
Proto-Germanic Innovations 66
Secondary Developments 66
North-West Germanic Innovations 67
Anglo-Frisian (or Ingveonic) Innovations 68
i-Umlaut and the Rise of Secondary Front Vowels 70
Old English Innovations 70
u-Umlaut and the Rise of Secondary Back Vowels 76
Minor Vocalic Changes 81
Chapter Three: Vocalism of Unstressed Syllabes and Other Word-Final Developments 84
Rise of the `Little´ Vocalic System 88
The Vocalism in Unstressed Syllabes in Detail 89
Chapter Four: Declension 95
Nouns 95
a-Declension: SM and SN 97
Vocalic Stems 97
o-Declension: SF 102
u-Declension: SMu and SFu 105
i-Declension: SMi , SFi, SNi 107
Consonantal Stems 112
n- or Weak Declension: WM, WF, WN 112
Root- or Athematic Stems 116
Relic Consonantal Stems 119
Pronominal Categories 122
Pronouns 122
Origin of Forms 123
Adjectives 126
Numerals 129
Origin of Forms 130
Chapter Five: Conjugation 131
Basic Verbal Endings in Old English 132
The Origin of the Basic Verbal Endings 132
Group I: Present Tense 133
The Origin of the Endings in Detail 133
Personal Endings Group II 135
Personal Endings Group III 136
Personal Endings Group IV 136
The Building of Stems and Forms 137
Weak Verbs 137
Class I (WV1) 139
Class II (WV2) 142
Class III (WV3) 143
Strong Verbs 145
Classification of Strong Verbs 146
Building of Forms 157
Preterite-Present Verbs 159
Anomalous Verbs 162
Selected Bibliography 165