Introduction

Chapters in this book

1. Prelim pages i
2. Preface v
3. Table of contents vii
4. Introduction 1
5. The Language lifegame 11
6. Headless relatives in the history of Dutch 33
7. Modern Dutch could be middle Dutcher than you think (and vica versa) 55
8. A brief reply to Mr. Weerman 77
9. A ‘case’ for the Old English impersonal 79
10. Requisites for reinterpretation 121
11. Language, speakers, history and drift 151
12. Number neutralization in old English 177
13. The status of the functional approach 239
14. On sh*tting the door in modern English 251
15. A brief rejoinder to Professor Lass 257
16. ‘Explanation’ by Linguistic maps 259
17. Old English dialects 275
18. Subject index 295