A History of English: Volume I From Proto-Indo-European to Proto-Germanic (A Linguistic History of English) by Donald Ringe Published in October 16, 2006, Oxford University Press, USA A History of English: Volume I Donald Ringe Change Cover Language: English ISBN 10: 019928413X ISBN 13: 9780199284139

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1	General introduction		1
2	Proto-Indo-European		4
2.1	Introduction		4
2.2	PIE phonology		6
2.2.1	PIE obstruents		7
2.2.2	PIE sonorants and high vowels		9
2.2.3	PIE nonhigh vowels		10
2.2.4	PIE phonological rules		11
2.2.5	PIE accent		21
2.3	PIE inflectional morphology		22
2.3.1	PIE inflectional categories		22
2.3.2	Formal expression of inflectional categories		26
2.3.3	PIE verb inflection		27
2.3.4	PIE noun inflection		41
2.3.5	PIE adjective inflection		50
2.3.6	The inflection of other PIE nominals		52
2.4	PIE derivational morphology		58
2.4.1	Compounding		58
2.4.2	PIE derivational suffixes		60
2.5	PIE syntax		64
2.6	The PIE lexicon		65
3	The development of Proto-Germanic		67
3.1	Introduction		67
3.2	Regular sound changes		68
3.2.1	The elimination of laryngeals, and related developments of vowels		68
3.2.2	Changes affecting sonorants		81
3.2.3	Changes affecting obstruents		87
3.2.4	Grimm’s Law and Verner’s Law		93
3.2.5	Sievers’ Law and non-initial syllables		116
3.2.6	Loss of *j, *w, and *ə; miscellaneous consonant changes		128
3.2.7	Other changes of vowels		145
3.2.8	Chronological overview		150
3.3	Restructurings of the inflectional morphology		151
3.3.1	The restructuring of the verb system		151
3.3.2	The double paradigm of adjectives		169
3.4	The development of inflectional morphology in detail		170
3.4.1	Changes in inflectional categories		171
3.4.2	Changes in the formal expression of inflectional categories		172
3.4.3	Changes in verb inflection		174
3.4.4	Changes in noun inflection		196
3.4.5	Changes in the inflection of other nominals		202
3.5	Changes in other components of the grammar		211
4	Proto-Germanic		213
4.1	Introduction		213
4.2	PGmc phonology		214
4.2.1	PGmc consonants		214
4.2.2	PGmc vocalics		220
4.3	PGmc inflectional morphology		233
4.3.1	Inflectional categories of PGmc		233
4.3.2	The formal expression of PGmc inflectional categories		234
4.3.3	PGmc verb inflection		235
4.3.4	PGmc noun inflection		268
4.3.5	PGmc adjective inflection		281
4.3.6	The inflection of other PGmc nominals		286
4.4	PGmc word formation		291
4.4.1	Compounding		291
4.4.2	PGmc derivational suffixes		291
4.5	PGmc syntax		295
4.6	The PGmc lexicon		295