Chapters in this book

1. Prelim pages i
2. Author’s acknowledgments v
3. Table of contents vii
4. Guide to abbreviations xi
5. From particular to general linguistics
6. Introduction 3
7. A. Genetic linguistics
8. Linguistics as a genetic science 23
9. B. History of linguistics
10. History and histories of linguistics 49
11. C. Clues as to dating
12. Range of variation as a clue to dating 87
13. D. Convergence and divergence
14. Factors in the unity of ROMANIA 129
15. E. Diffusion
16. Lexical borrowing in the Romance languages 137
17. F. Language vs. the real world
18. Gender, sex, and size, as reflected in the Romance languages 155
19. G. The social component of chance
20. The social matrix of Paleo-Romance postverbal nouns 179
21. H. Lexical independence vs. grammatical constraint
22. Each word has a history of its own 217
23. I. Multiple causation
24. Multi-conditioned sound change and the impact of morphology on phonology 229
25. Multiple versus simple causation in linguistic change 251
26. The five sources of epenthetic /j/ in western Hispano-Romance 269
27. On hierarchizing the components of multiple causation 297
28. J. Accentology and phonology
29. Conflicting prosodic inferences from Ascoli’s and Darmesteter’s laws? 323
30. Etiological studies in Romance diachronic phonology 361
31. K. Affixal derivation
32. One characteristic derivational suffix of literary Italian 399
33. The double affixation in Old-French gens-es-or, bel-ez-or, old Provençal bel-az- or 411
34. The rise of the nominal augments in Romance 419
35. L. Etymology
36. Primary, secondary, and tertiary etymologies 473
37. Etymology and modern linguistics 497
38. The interlocking of etymology and historical grammar (exemplified with the analysis of Spanish desleír ) 513
39. Contacts between BLASPHĒMĀRE and AESTIMĀRE 543
40. Supplement 559
41. Index of names 593
42. Selective index of key terms 607