Introduction

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Preface ix
4. Introduction xi
5. Abbreviations 1
6. Chapter one. History of the terms “analytic” and “synthetic” 3
7. Chapter two. Word delimitation: in search of a universal 29
8. Chapter three. Fishing out the baby: The usefulness of the terms analyticity/syntheticity in diachronic description 47
9. Chapter four. The verbal core from Latin to French: Part 1: The marking of person/number: from synthetic to analytic? 75
10. Chapter five. The verbal core from Latin to French: Part 2: Periphrastic cantare habeo, habeo cantatum, and je vais chanter 117
11. Chapter six. Synthesis in non-contiguous elements: predicate negation in Romance 151
12. Chapter seven. On drift, cyclicity, reconstruction, and the motives for changes in the analytic/synthetic spectrum 175
13. Conclusion 193
14. Notes 197
15. Bibliography 245
16. Subject Index 279
17. Author Index 287
18. Backmatter 291