(§§ 143-51); 6. the development of ME. svarabhakti vowels in medial syllables (§ 152); 7. the loss or retention of medial and final e in trisyllabic forms (§§ 153-4); 8. the treatment of unaccented e in polysyllabic forms (§ 155); 9. the treatment of vowels in prefixes (§ 156); 10. the treatment of unaccented words (§ 157).
CHAPTER V
The Scandinavian and French Elements in Middle English |
80-106 |
1. The Scandinavian element: Preliminary remarks (§§ 158-63); the short vowels (§ 164); the long vowels (§§ 165-6); the diphthongs (§§ 167-70); the consonants (§§ 171-7). 2. The French element: Preliminary remarks (§§ 178-85). 1. The vowels of accented syllables: (a) the short vowels (§§ 187-93); (b) the long vowels (§§ 194-204); (c) the diphthongs (§§ 205-9); (d) the formation of new diphthongs (§§ 210-12); (e) the monophthongization of diphthongs (§ 213); (f) vowel contraction (§ 214). 2. The vowels of pretonic syllables: (a) the simple vowels (§§ 216-21); (6) the diphthongs (§§ 222-9). 3. The vowels of post-tonic and unaccented syllables generally (§§ 280-2).
CHAPTER VI
The Middle English Development of the OE. Consonant-System |
106-132 |
The OE. consonant-system (§§ 233-4). 1. The voicing of consonants (§§ 236-7); 2. the unvoicing of consonants (§§ 238-9); 3. the vocalization of consonants (§§ 240-2); 4. assimilation (§ 243); 5. metathesis (§ 244); 6. the loss of consonants (§§ 245-50); 7. the development of glide consonants (§ 251). The semivowels (§§ 252-5); the liquids (§§ 256-7); the nasals (§§ 258-63); the labials (§§ 264-8); the dentals (§§ 269-75); the sibilant s (§§ 276-9); the gutturals (§§ 280-309).
CHAPTER VII
The Declension of Nouns |
133-149 |
Introduction (§§ 310-20). Declension of nouns :— A. The strong declension: 1. masculine nouns (§§ 321-30); 2. neuter nouns (§ 331): 3. feminine nouns (§§ 332-40). B. The weak declension (§§ 341-4). C. The minor declensions: 1. monosyllabic stems (§§ 346-8); 2. stems in -þ (§ 349); 3. stems in
