Rule Generalization and Optionality in Language Change

Samuel J. Keyser, Wayne O'Neill

• Publisher: De Gruyter Mouton
• Year: 2015
• Print ISBN: 9783110130829
• eBook ISBN: 9783110250541
• Edition: 1
• Topic: Languages & Linguistics
• Subtopic: Linguistics
• Index: Languages & Linguistics

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Table of contents

• Preface
• Chapter 1. Introduction
• 1.1. Overview
• 1.2 Basic Phonological concepts
• 1.2.1. Metrical Structure
• 1.2.2. Autosegmental Phonology
• 1.2.3. Underspecification
• 1.2.4. The Cycle and Strict Cyclicity
• 1.2.5. Innovations in Phonological Theory
• Notes
• Chapter 2. From Old to Middle Kentish
• 2.1. Introduction
• 2.2. Kentish
• 2.2.1. Class I Weak Verbs in Old Kentish
• 2.2.2. Class I Weak Verbs in Middle Kentish
• 2.3. The Evolution of Old into Middle Kentish
• 2.3.1. Pre-Middle Kentish
• 2.3.2. Middle Kentish
• 2.3.3. Post-Middle Kentish
• 2.4. Historical account
• 2.4.1. Innovation and Reanalysis
• 2.4.2. Paradigmatic Consistency
• Notes
• Chapter 3. The Simplification of the Strong Nominal Paradigms
• 3.1. Introduction
• 3.2. The Data as represented in Old English Handbooks
• 3.3. The Data represented synchronically
• 3.4. The Relationship between Historical and Synchronic Paradigms
• 3.4.1. Reanalysis of Stems without Surface Allomorphy
• 3.4.2. Reanalysis of Stems with Surface Allomorphy
• 3.4.3. The Pairing Principle
• 3.5. Some Problematic Cases
• 3.5.1. Sunu
• 3.5.2. Dene
• 3.5.3. Here
• 3.5.4. Sinu
• Notes
• Chapter 4. The Evolution of the English Plural Rule
• 4.1. Introduction
• 4.2. The Modern English Plural Rule
• 4.3. The Ontogeny of the English Plural Rule
• 4.3.1. Origin of the Epenthesis Rule
• 4.3.2. Extension of the Epenthesis Rule
• 4.3.3. The History of Inorganic e- Epenthesis and Apocope
• 4.3.4. The Plural Rule in Early Modern English
• 4.3.5. Historical Commentary
• Systems
• Notes
• Chapter 5. AB
• 5.1. Introduction
• 5.2. The Inflectional Phonology of AB
• 5.2.1. Missing -e in AB: The Adjective
• 5.2.2. Missing -e in AB: The Noun
• 5.2.3. Missing -e in AB: The Regular Weak Verb
• 5.2.4. Missing -e in AB: Some Exceptions
• 5.2.5. Conclusion
• 5.3. Historical Aspects of the Inflectional Phonology of AB
• 5.3.1. The Origin of Weak Foot Drop in AB
• 5.3.2. Historical Commentary
• Historical Commentary
• Notes
• Chapter 6. Further Remarks on AB and Related Texts
• 6.1. /e/-Raising
• 6.1.1. Introduction
• 6.1.2. /e/-Raising Extinguished
• 6.1.3. Conclusion
• 6.1.4. Excursus on the Loss of/e/-Raising
• 6.2. Irregular Weak Verbs in AB
• 6.2.1. Introduction
• 6.2.2. A Synchronic Account
• 6.2.3. The Reanalysis of the Weak Verb Classes in AB
• 6.2.4. Conclusion
• Notes
• Chapter 7. Exceptions to High Vowel Deletion in the Vespasian Psalter and Their Explanation
• 7.1. High Vowel Deletion in the Vespasian Psalter
• 7.2. Excursus on Old English Diphtongization
• 7.2.1. The Underlying Diphthong Position
• 7.2.2. The Derived Diphthong Position
• 7.2.3. Types of Old English Diphthongization
• 7.2.4. Ordering of Breaking
• 7.2.5. Historical Evidence in Favor of the Monophthongal Position
• 7.2.6. Orthographic Evidence
• 7.3. Exceptions to the Application of High Vowel Deletion in the Vespasian Psalter
• 7.3.1. First Person Singular, Present Tense Indicative, Inflectional /u/
• 7.3.2. Substantival /u/: Nominative/Accusative Neuter Plurals and Nominative Feminine Singulars
• 7.4. Conclusion
• Notes
• Chapter 8. Historical Summary
• 8.1. Introduction
• 8.2. The Cases
• 8.2.1. Old to Middle Kentish
• 8.2.2. The Strong Nominal Paradigms in Old English
• 8.2.3. The English Plural Rule
• 8.2.4. Weak Foot Drop in AB
• 8.2.5. /e/-Raising and Irregular Verbs in AB and High Vowel Deletion in the Vespasian Psalter
• References