Chapters in this book

1. Prelim pages i
2. Table of contents v
3. Preface xii
4. Abbreviations xiii
5. List of maps xv
6. List of tables xvii
7. Chapter 1. Aim and scope 1
8. Chapter 2. Definitions of languages and stages 3
9. Chapter 3. Sources 9
10. Chapter 4. The spelling of Dutch 19
11. Chapter 5. History of research on the ‘Frisian question’ in Belgium and the Netherlands 23
12. Chapter 6. The western Low Countries in the Early and High Middle Ages 39
13. Chapter 7. The study of language contact 63
14. Chapter 8. Working hypothesis and approach 75
15. Chapter 9. Palatalization of velars in Old and Middle Dutch 113
16. Chapter 10. Other issues involving consonants 189
17. Chapter 11. Fronting of stressed a to e 203
18. Chapter 12. Rounding of a to o 217
19. Chapter 13. Loss of nasals before voiceless fricatives 231
20. Chapter 14. Breaking of e to jo, ju 241
21. Chapter 15. WGm. * u and * o in coastal Dutch 243
22. Chapter 16. WGm. * ū 391
23. Chapter 17. WGm. * ea , * eo and * ō 405
24. Chapter 18. WGm. * ǣ 431
25. Chapter 19. Unrounding of * ǖ , * ȫ , * äü , and * iu 441
26. Chapter 20. WGm. * ai 467
27. Chapter 21. WGm. * au 505
28. Chapter 22. Summary and conclusions 515
29. Bibliography 529
30. Index 561