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Reshaping of the Nominal Inflection in Early Northern West GermanicElżbieta Adamczyk
[NOWELE Supplement Series 31] 2018
► pp. 481–518
Elżbieta Adamczyk
[NOWELE Supplement Series 31] 2018
► pp. 481–518
Chapter 8Mechanisms and dynamics of the restructuring process in West Germanic
Article outline
- 8.1Introduction
- 8.2The course of restructuring: The prehistoric stage
- 8.3The historical stage of restructuring: Emerging patterns
- 8.4Framing the mechanisms of the process
- 8.5Functionality of the system
- 8.6Factors conditioning the restructuring process
- 8.6.1Frequency of occurrence
- 8.6.2Salience of inflectional markers
- 8.6.3Semantics
- 8.6.4Other controlling factors
- 8.6.4.1Gender
- 8.6.4.2Prosodic structure: stem weight
- 8.6.5Interactions between conditioning factors
- 8.7Implications for the taxonomy of nouns in early Northern West Germanic
- 8.8Concluding remarks
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