Cover not available
Part of
Reshaping of the Nominal Inflection in Early Northern West Germanic
Elżbieta Adamczyk
[NOWELE Supplement Series 31] 2018
► pp. 311–392

Chapter 5
Nominal inflection in Old Saxon

Article outline
  • 5.1Introduction
  • 5.2The placement of Old Saxon in West Germanic
  • 5.3Corpus and methodological considerations
  • 5.4Restructuring process in Old Saxon: Patterns
  • 5.5Phonological developments in unstressed syllables
  • 5.6Data analysis
    • 5.6.1Methodological considerations
    • 5.6.2 i-stems
      • 5.6.2.1General characteristics
        • gen. sg.
        • gen. and dat. pl.
        • instr. and dat. sg.
        • nom./acc. sg.
      • 5.6.2.2Results of the investigation
    • 5.6.3 u-stems
      • 5.6.3.1General characteristics
        • 1. nom./acc. sg.
        • 2. gen. sg.
        • 3. dat. sg.
        • 4. nom./acc. pl.
        • 5. gen. pl.
        • 6. dat. pl.
      • 5.6.3.2Results of the investigation
      • 5.6.3.3Excursus on the i-marker in the dat. sg. and nom. pl.
    • 5.6.4Root nouns
      • 5.6.4.1General characteristics
      • 5.6.4.2Results of the investigation
    • 5.6.5 r-stems
      • 5.6.5.1General characteristics
      • 5.6.5.2Results of the investigation
    • 5.6.6 s-stems
      • 5.6.6.1General characteristics
      • 5.6.6.2Results of the investigation
    • 5.6.7 nd-stems
      • 5.6.7.1General characteristics
      • 5.6.7.2Results of the investigation
    • 5.6.8Dental stems
  • 5.7Summary of the results and overview of the tendencies
  • 5.8Taxonomic implications of the study
  • 5.9Conclusions
  • Notes