The personal pronouns in the Germanic languages : a study of personal pronoun morphology and change in the Germanic languages from the first records to the present day / Stephen Howe
Paradigms -- Figures -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- Chapter 1: Morphology Of The Personal Pronouns -- 1.1 Introduction -- 1.2 Morphological Patterning -- 1.3 Morphology Of The Personal Pronouns In The Germanic Languages -- 1.4 Patterning -- Suppletion -- 1.5 Factors Determining The Morphological Type Of The Personal Pronouns -- 1.6 Conclusions -- Chapter 2: Change In The Personal Pronouns -- 2.1 The Relevance Of Distinctions Outside The Personal Pronouns -- 2.2 Loss (Or Absence) Of Distinction In The Personal Pronouns
2.3 Redistinction Or New Distinction In The Personal Pronouns 2.4 Analogy -- 2.5 Phonological Change In The Personal Pronouns -- 2.6 Socially-Motivated Change In The Personal Pronouns -- 2.7 Functional Reinterpretation -- 2.8 Sources Of New Personal Pronoun Forms -- Chapter 3: Pan-Germanic -- 3.1 Accusative-Dative -- 3.2 Dual -- Chapter 4: Gothic -- Chapter 5: Older Runic Inscriptions -- Chapter 6: English -- Old English -- Middle English -- 6.3 Development Of She -- 6.4 They -- Them -- Their -- 6.5 Changes In The 3Rd Person Pronouns
Modern English Chapter 7: Frisian -- Old Frisian -- Middle West Frisian/Early Modern West Frisian -- Modern West Frisian -- Modern East Frisian -- Modern North Frisian -- Pan-Frisian -- 7.6 Case Developments In The Frisian Personal Pronouns -- Chapter 8: Dutch -- Middle Dutch -- Modern Dutch -- 8.2 Morphological Case Distinction In The Modern Dutch Personal Pronouns -- 8.4 Developments In The Forms Of Address -- Chapter 9: Afrikaans -- Chapter 10: Langobardic -- Chapter 11: German -- Old High German -- Middle High German
Early New High German 11.3 Extended Forms -- Old Saxon (Old Low German) -- Middle Low German -- Modern German -- 11.6 Case Distinction In The Modern German Personal Pronouns -- Chapter 12: Yiddish -- Chapter 13: Scandinavian -- Chapter 14: Swedish -- Old/Middle Swedish -- Old Gutnish -- Modern Swedish -- Chapter 15: Danish -- Old/Middle Danish -- Modern Danish -- Chapter 16: Norwegian -- Old/Middle Norwegian -- Modern Norwegian -- Continental Scandinavian -- Chapter 17: Faroese -- 17.2 Case -- Chapter 18: Icelandic
Old Icelandic Modern Icelandic -- Summary And Conclusions -- Bibliography -- Index
Notes
Originally presented as the author's thesis (Ph. D.)--University of London, 1995
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 365-383) and index
