Historical Linguistics and Philology (Trends in Linguistics. Studies and Monographs [TiLSM], 46)

TRENDS IN LINGUISTICS is a series of books that open new perspectives in our understanding of language. The series publishes state-of-the-art work on core areas of linguistics across theoretical frameworks as well as studies that provide new insights by building bridges to neighbouring fields such as neuroscience and cognitive science. TRENDS IN LINGUISTICS considers itself a forum for cutting-edge research based on solid empirical data on language in its various manifestations, including sign languages. It regards linguistic variation in its synchronic and diachronic dimensions as well as in its social contexts as important sources of insight for a better understanding of the design of linguistic systems and the ecology and evolution of language. TRENDS IN LINGUISTICS publishes monographs and outstanding dissertations as well as edited volumes, which provide the opportunity to address controversial topics from different empirical and theoretical viewpoints. High quality standards are ensured through anonymous reviewing. Preface 5 List of participants 9 Paragraph 16 of Audacht Morainn: linguistic theory and philological evidence 13 The missing link: the role of the lexicon 23 Text as social indicator: the letters of Julia Miles Barnes 41 The development of discourse markers in English 57 Localizing William of Palerne 85 Philological studies and Mayan languages 99 Philology in America: Nahuatl 119 Towards a dialectology of spoken Old French: the analysis of rhymes 131 The phonological status of long consonants in the Vernon manuscript of the Ancrene Riwle 147 Linguistic searchlights and philological buckets: a case study of their interdependence (the conceptual field of persuade/convince) 155 Syntactic and pragmatic principles as arguments in the interpretation of runic inscriptions 177 The relationship between punctuation and syntax in Middle Dutch 199 Unhistorical features in Massachusett orthography 239 The orthographic aspect of the runes 257 The object of philology and the object of linguistics 273 The occurrence of glosses in three Late Middle English texts: lexical variation 285 On scribal errors: from the Old Saxon evidence 303 The last Vercelli homily: a sentence-analytical edition 309 Linguistics and philology: parametric changes and Romance possessives 349 On the happy reunion of English philology and historical linguistics 365 The importance of fine points in spelling: deletion of accented vowels in Tocharian B 383 Index of authors 405 Index of languages 411 TRENDS IN LINGUISTICS is a series of books that open new perspectives in our understanding of language. The series publishes state-of-the-art work on core areas of linguistics across theoretical frameworks, as well as studies that provide new insights by approaching language from an interdisciplinary perspective. TRENDS IN LINGUISTICS considers itself a forum for cutting-edge research based on solid empirical data on language in its various manifestations, including sign languages. It regards linguistic variation in its synchronic and diachronic dimensions as well as in its social contexts as important sources of insight for a better understanding of the design of linguistic systems and the ecology and evolution of language. TRENDS IN LINGUISTICS publishes monographs and outstanding dissertations as well as edited volumes, which provide the opportunity to address controversial topics from different empirical and theoretical viewpoints. High quality standards are ensured through anonymous reviewing. To discuss your book idea or submit a proposal, please contact Birgit Sievert.

TRENDS IN LINGUISTICS is a series of books that open new perspectives in our understanding of language. The series publishes state-of-the-art work on core areas of linguistics across theoretical frameworks as well as studies that provide new insights by building bridges to neighbouring fields such as neuroscience and cognitive science.

TRENDS IN LINGUISTICS considers itself a forum for cutting-edge research based on solid empirical data on language in its various manifestations, including sign languages. It regards linguistic variation in its synchronic and diachronic dimensions as well as in its social contexts as important sources of insight for a better understanding of the design of linguistic systems and the ecology and evolution of language.

TRENDS IN LINGUISTICS publishes monographs and outstanding dissertations as well as edited volumes, which provide the opportunity to address controversial topics from different empirical and theoretical viewpoints. High quality standards are ensured through anonymous reviewing.