Early Germanic Grammar: Pre-, Proto-, and Post-Germanic Languages Book

	Acknowledgments
	Abbreviations of Frequently Cited Languages
	Abbreviations of Grammatical Terms
	Miscellaneous Abbreviations
Ch. 1	Data and Methodology	1
1.1	Overview	1
1.2	The Phonological Features	7
Ch. 2	The Phonology of Pre-Germanic Indo-European	11
2.1	The Phonemic Inventory	11
2.2	The Synchronic Rules of Indo-European	12
2.3	Problems and Open Questions	22
Ch. 3	Proto- and Post-Germanic	34
3.1	Early and Later Germanic (400 B.C. to 200 A.D.)	36
3.2	Early and Later Germanic: The Chronologically Non-Locatable Changes	61
3.3	The Germanic Reflexes of the Indo-European Synchronic Rules	65
3.4	Early Northwest Germanic (200 to 400 A.D.)	71
3.5	Summations and Conclusions	76
Ch. 4	Gothic	88
4.1	Changes into Gothic from Approximately 200 to 350 A.D.	88
4.2	The Gothic Reflexes of Earlier Changes	96
4.3	Summations and Conclusions	99
Ch. 5	Proto-Norse and Old Icelandic	103
5.1	Changes into Proto-Norse and Old Icelandic from Approximately 400 to 1100 A.D.	104
5.2	The Old Icelandic Reflexes of Earlier Changes	129
5.3	Summations and Conclusions	131
Ch. 6	Old English	138
6.1	The Changes into Old English from Approximately 400 to 800 A.D.	139
6.2	The Old English Reflexes of Earlier Changes	154
6.3	Summations and Conclusions	157
Ch. 7	Old Frisian	164
7.1	Changes into Old Frisian from Approximately 400 to 1200 A.D.	165
7.2	The Old Frisian Reflexes of Earlier Changes	180
7.3	Summations and Conclusions	182
Ch. 8	Old Saxon	187
8.1	Changes into Old Saxon from Approximately 400 to 800 A.D.	188
8.2	The Old Saxon Reflexes of Earlier Changes	197
8.3	Summations and Conclusions	199
Ch. 9	Old High German	203
9.1	Changes into Old High German from Approximately 400 to 830 A.D.	204
9.2	The Old High German Reflexes of Earlier Changes	218
9.3	Summations and Conclusions	221
	Appendix: The Paradigms	227
1	Nouns	228
2	Adjectives	238
3	Adverbs	241
4	Numerals	242
5	Pronouns	248
6	Verbs	253
7	Derivation	270
	Bibliography	281
	Index	299