From Proto-Indo-European to Proto-Germanic /
Describing the earliest reconstructable stages of the prehistory of English, this title outlines the grammar of Proto-Indo-European and considers the changes by which one dialect of that prehistoric language developed into Proto-Germanic.
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford :
Oxford University Press,
2017.
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| Edition: | Second edition. |
| Series: | Linguistic history of English ;
volume I. |
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
Table of Contents:
- Cover; From Proto-Indo-European to Proto-Germanic: Second edition; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgments; Acknowledgments for the first edition; List of abbreviations; A note on transcription; 1: Introduction; 1.1 On this edition; 1.2 General introduction to the first edition; 2: Proto-Indo-European; 2.1 Introduction; 2.2 PIE phonology; 2.2.1 PIE obstruents; 2.2.2 PIE sonorants and high vowels; 2.2.3 PIE nonhigh vowels; 2.2.4 PIE phonological rules; 2.2.4 (i) Ablaut and laryngeals; 2.2.4 (ii) Syllabification of sonorants; 2.2.4 (iii) Some rules affecting obstruents; 2.2.4 (iv) Auslautgesetze
- 2.2.5 PIE accent2.3 PIE inflectional morphology; 2.3.1 PIE inflectional categories; 2.3.2 Formal expression of inflectional categories; 2.3.3 PIE verb inflection; 2.3.3 (i) Verb stems: from derivation to inflection; 2.3.3 (ii) The Nuclear IE mood suffixes; 2.3.3 (iii) Endings; 2.3.3 (iv) Nonfinite forms; 2.3.3 (v) The architecture of Core IE verb paradigms; 2.3.3 (vi) Sample Proto-Central IE verb paradigms; 2.3.4 PIE noun inflection; 2.3.4 (i) Endings; 2.3.4 (ii) Accent and ablaut patterns; 2.3.4 (iii) Sample Proto-Central IE noun paradigms; 2.3.5 PIE adjective inflection
- 2.3.6 The inflection of other PIE nominals2.3.6 (i) PIE numerals; 2.3.6 (ii) PIE `pronominal ́inflection; 2.3.6 (iii) PIE personal pronouns; 2.4 PIE derivational morphology; 2.4.1 Compounding; 2.4.2 PIE derivational suffixes; 2.4.2 (i) PIE noun-forming suffixes; 2.4.2 (ii) PIE adjective-forming suffixes; 2.4.2 (iii) Derivational suffixes that eventually became inflectional; 2.5 PIE syntax; 2.6 The PIE lexicon; 3: The development of Proto-Germanic; 3.1 Introduction; 3.1.1 Linguistics and archaeology; 3.2 Regular sound changes
- 3.2.1 The elimination of laryngeals, and related developments of vowels3.2.1 (i) Cowgillś Law; 3.2.1 (ii) The loss of laryngeals word-initially and next to nonhigh vowels; 3.2.1 (iii) Osthoffś Law; 3.2.1 (iv) Other developments of laryngeals; 3.2.1 (v) The effect of laryngeal developments on ablaut; 3.2.2 Changes affecting sonorants; 3.2.2 (i) Syllabic sonorants; 3.2.2 (ii) Auslautgesetze affecting nasals; 3.2.3 Changes affecting obstruents; 3.2.3 (i) Coronal clusters; 3.2.3 (ii) The reorganization of dorsal stops; 3.2.4 Grimmś Law and Vernerś Law; 3.2.4 (i) Grimmś Law
- 3.2.4 (ii) Vernerś Law and the elimination of contrastive accent3.2.4 (iii) The elimination of *gw; 3.2.4 (iv) Related changes of obstruents; 3.2.4 (v) Two disputed sound changes; 3.2.5 Sievers ́Law and unstressed syllables; 3.2.5 (i) The apocope of nonhigh short vowels; 3.2.5 (ii) Developments of Sievers ́Law; 3.2.5 (iii) The raising of unstressed *e; unstressed *ew; 3.2.5 (iv) Raising of *e by following high front vocalics; 3.2.6 Loss of *j, *w, and *ə; *uj *ij; miscellaneous consonant changes; 3.2.6 (i) Loss of *j and *w; 3.2.6 (ii) Loss of surviving *ə