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Tables of Contents for From Regularity to Anomaly
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
VII
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ABBREVIATIONS
XIII
 
INTRODUCTION
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0.1 GENERAL INTRODUCTION
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0.2 THE DEFINITION OF I-UMLAUT
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0.3 THE AIM OF THE PROJECT
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0.4 E GREATER THAN 1 / $_I, J AND I-UMLAUT
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CHAPTER ONE: HISTORY OF RESEARCH INTO I-UMLAUT
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1.1 EARLY GRAMMARIANS AND THEIR UNDERSTANDING OF UMLAUT
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1.2 EARLY COMPARATIVE STUDIES
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2
1.3 THE "CLASSICAL" PERIOD: 1819-1938
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1.4 THE STRUCTURAL APPROACH
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3
1.5 THE TRANSFORMATIONAL-GENERATIVE APPROACH
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2
1.6 RECENT DEVELOPMENTS
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3
1.7 EXCURSUS I: THE GEOGRAPHICAL PROVENANCE OF I-UMLAUT
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4
1.7.1 I-umlaut as a North Sea Germanic process
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2
1.7.2 I-umlaut as a common Proto-Germanic process
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1
1.7.3 I-umlaut as an einzeldialektisch Germanic process
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1.7.4 I-umlaut as a South Germanic process
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1
1.8. EXCURSUS II: I-UMLAUT AS A CASE OF LANGUAGE DRIFT
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4
CHAPTER TWO: UMLAUT THEORIES
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2.1 THE EPENTHESIS AND MOUILLIERUNG THEORIES
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2.2 THE DISTANT ASSIMILATION THEORY
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2.3 THE CONTACT THEORY
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3
2.4 THE VOWEL HARMONY THEORY
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3
2.5 EXCURSUS: UMLAUT AND STRESS
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CHAPTER THREE: I-UMLAUT IN GERMANIC DIALECTS
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3.0 INTRODUCTORY REMARKS
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3.0.1 Proto-Germanic and its daughter languages
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3.0.2 The scope of morphological i-umlaut in older Germanic languages
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3.1 GOTHIC
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3.1.1 Phonetic i-umlaut
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1
3.1.2 Problems of interpretation -- putative i-umlaut in East Germanic
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3.2 OLD NORSE
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3.2.1 Phonetic i-umlaut
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3.2.2 Morphological i-umlaut
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2
3.2.3 Problems of interpretation -- syllable weight and i-umlaut in Old Norse
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2
3.3 OLD HIGH GERMAN
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3.3.1 Phonetic i-umlaut
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1
3.3.2 Morphological i-umlaut
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3.3.3 Problems of interpretation -- primary vs. secondary umlaut
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3.4 OLD LOW FRANCONIAN
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3.4.1 Phonetic i-umlaut
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3.4.2 Morphological i-umlaut
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2
3.5 OLD SAXON
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3
3.5.1 Phonetic i-umlaut
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3.5.2 Morphological i-umlaut
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2
3.6 OLD FRISIAN
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3.6.1 Phonetic i-umlaut
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3.6.2 Morphological i-umlaut
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CHAPTER FOUR: I-UMLAUT IN OLD ENGLISH
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4.1 PHONETIC I-UMLAUT IN OLD ENGLISH
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4.2 MORPHOLOGICAL I-UMLAUT IN OLD ENGLISH
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4.2.1 Es/os-stems
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4.2.2 Root stems
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4.2.3 Nd-stems
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1
4.2.4 Weak nouns
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1
4.2.5 Nouns of relationship
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1
4.2.6 Strong verbs
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4.2.7 Ruckumlaut
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4.2.8 Preterite-present verbs
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4.2.9 Anomalous verbs
78
1
4.2.10 Graduation of adjectives
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CHAPTER FIVE: SOUTH-EASTERN
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5.0 INTRODUCTION
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5.1 ROOT STEMS
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3
5.2 ND-STEMS
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1
5.3 WEAK NOUNS
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1
5.4 NOUNS OF RELATIONSHIP
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1
5.5 STRONG VERBS
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14
5.6 RUCKUMLAUT
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5
5.7 ANOMALOUS VERBS
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2
5.8 GRADATION OF ADJECTIVES
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2
CHAPTER SIX: SOUTH-WESTERN
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6.0 INTRODUCTION
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6.1 ROOT STEMS
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5
6.2 ND-STEMS
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1
6.3 WEAK NOUNS
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1
6.4 NOUNS OF RELATIONSHIP
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2
6.5 STRONG VERBS
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15
6.6 RUCKUMLAUT
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9
6.7 ANOMALOUS VERBS
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2
6.8 GRADATION OF ADJECTIVES
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3
CHAPTER SEVEN: WEST MIDLANDS
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7.0 INTRODUCTION
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7.1 ROOT STEMS
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7.2 ND-STEMS
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7.3 WEAK NOUNS
150
1
7.4 NOUNS OF RELATIONSHIP
150
1
7.5 STRONG VERBS
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15
7.6 RUCKUMLAUT
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7.7 ANOMALOUS VERBS
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2
7.8 GRADATION OF ADJECTIVES
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CHAPTER EIGHT: EAST MIDLANDS
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8.0 INTRODUCTION
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8.1 ROOT STEMS
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8.2 ND-STEMS
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8.3 WEAK NOUNS
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8.4 NOUNS OF RELATIONSHIP
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2
8.5 STRONG VERBS
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8.6 RUCKUMLAUT
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8.7 ANOMALOUS VERBS
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2
8.8 GRADATION OF ADJECTIVES
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3
CHAPTER NINE: NORTHERN
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9.0 INTRODUCTION
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9.1 ROOT STEMS
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9.2 ND-STEMS
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9.3 WEAK NOUNS
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9.4 NOUNS OF RELATIONSHIP
229
1
9.5 STRONG VERBS
230
15
9.6 RUCKUMLAUT
245
8
9.7 ANOMALOUS VERBS
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9.8 GRADATION OF ADJECTIVES
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2
CHAPTER TEN: CONCLUSIONS
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APPENDIX: THE LIST OF LEXEMES AND THEIR OLD ENGLISH EQUIVALENTS
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BIBLIOGRAPHY
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