Chapter 4
Nominal inflection in Old Frisian
Article outline
- 4.1Introduction
- 4.2Corpus and methodological considerations
- 4.3Restructuring process in Old Frisian: Emerging patterns
- 4.4Old Frisian phonological developments and their morphological implications
- 4.5Data analysis
- 4.5.1Methodological considerations
- 4.5.2
i-stems
- 4.5.2.1General characteristics
- 4.5.2.2Results of the investigation
- 4.5.2.3An excursus on the alternation in the singular paradigm of heavy-syllable feminine stems
- 4.5.3
u-stems
- 4.5.3.1General characteristics
- 4.5.3.2Results of the investigation
- 4.5.4Root nouns
- 4.5.4.1General characteristics
- 4.5.4.2Results of the investigation
- 4.5.5
r-stems
- 4.5.5.1General characteristics
- 4.5.5.2Results of the investigation
- 4.5.6
s-stems
- 4.5.6.1General characteristics
- 4.5.6.2
Results of the investigation
- 4.5.7
nd-stems
- 4.5.7.1General characteristics
- 4.5.7.2Results of the investigation
- 4.5.8Dental stems
- 4.6
Summary of the results and overview of the tendencies
- 4.7Taxonomic implications of the study
- 4.8Conclusions
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Notes