The situational motivation of syntax and the syntactic motivation of polysemy and semantic change

Chapters in this book

1. Prelim pages i
2. Ackonwledgements v
3. Table of contents vii
4. Preface ix
5. Foreword by Raimo Anttila xi
6. Papers on language theory and history I
7. The paradox of creation and tradition in grammar 1
8. Italian mostaccio (1971) 35
9. Etymology and generative phonology in traditional lexicon 51
10. The linguistic paleontology of some pre-christian burial terms in Slavic lexicon (1973) 79
11. *H a eḱmon 85
12. The ethnonym of the Slaves — Common Slavic * slověne (1974) 107
13. Phonetic law and suppletion in the history of the paradigm of the Slavic ethnica in -jane (1969) 121
14. Neglected reflexes of Proto-Indo-European * pet- “fly” 127
15. The situational motivation of syntax and the syntactic motivation of polysemy and semantic change 143
16. Addendum
17. Publications by J. Peter Maher (1966–1976) 160
18. Index of names 163
19. Index of subjects and terms 166