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

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

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