Contents

pp.：  7 – 8

Preface

pp.：  9 – 12

Chapter 1. Introduction

pp.：  13 – 16

Chapter 2. Morphosyntactic Change

pp.：  17 – 40

2.1. Introduction

pp.：  17 – 16

2.2. Case

pp.：  17 – 20

2.3. Number and Gender

pp.：  21 – 27

2.4. The Effects of Language Change on Case Systems

pp.：  28 – 33

2.5. The Popular Reception of the Manifestations of Morphosyntactic Change

pp.：  34 – 37

2.6. Codification

pp.：  38 – 38

2.7. Summary of Chapter 2

pp.：  39 – 40

Chapter 3. The Genitive Case

pp.：  41 – 62

3.1. Introduction

pp.：  41 – 40

3.2. A Typology of the Genitive

pp.：  41 – 47

3.3. The Genitive in the Germanic Languages

pp.：  48 – 55

3.4. The Constructions

pp.：  56 – 61

3.5. Summary of Chapter 3

pp.：  62 – 62

Chapter 4. Data and Methodology

pp.：  63 – 106

4.1. Introduction

pp.：  63 – 62

4.2. Theoretical Basis

pp.：  63 – 75

4.3. Data Sources

pp.：  76 – 102

4.4. The Databases

pp.：  103 – 103

4.5. Summary of Chapter 4

pp.：  104 – 106

Chapter 5. The Dutch Genitive

pp.：  107 – 220

5.1. Introduction

pp.：  107 – 114

5.2. The Genitive in Old and Middle Dutch

pp.：  115 – 121

5.3. The Precept: Standardisation and the Genitive Case

pp.：  122 – 127

5.4. The Genitive Case in 16th--19th Century Dutch: A Diachronic Portrayal

pp.：  128 – 170

5.5. The Genitive Case in Modern Dutch: A Synchronic Portrayal

pp.：  171 – 209

5.6. Other Surviving Remnants of Genitive Morphology

pp.：  210 – 217

5.7. Conclusion

pp.：  218 – 219

5.8. Summary of Chapter 5

pp.：  220 – 220

Chapter 6. The German Genitive

pp.：  221 – 322

6.1. Introduction

pp.：  221 – 222

6.2. The Genitive until the 17th Century

pp.：  223 – 236

6.3. The Genitive Case in 17th--19th Century German: A Diachronic Portrayal

pp.：  237 – 260

6.4. The Genitive Case in Modern German

pp.：  261 – 289

6.5. Exapted Fragments of the Genitive Case

pp.：  290 – 306

6.6. The Precept: Standardisation, Prescriptivism and the Genitive Case

pp.：  307 – 318

6.7. Conclusion

pp.：  319 – 320

6.8. Summary of Chapter 6

pp.：  321 – 322

Chapter 7. Codification and Morphosyntactic Change

pp.：  323 – 338

7.1. Introduction

pp.：  323 – 322

7.2. Morphosyntactic Change Affecting the Genitive in the Data

pp.：  323 – 327

7.3. The Relationship between Codification and Morphosyntactic Change

pp.：  328 – 332

7.4. A Theoretical Account

pp.：  333 – 336

7.5. Summary of Chapter 7

pp.：  337 – 338

Chapter 8. Conclusions and Closing Remarks

pp.：  339 – 352

8.1. Introduction

pp.：  339 – 338

8.2. The Findings of the Investigation

pp.：  339 – 348

8.3. Methodological Considerations

pp.：  349 – 352

Appendix 1: Primary Sources

pp.：  353 – 360

Dutch

pp.：  353 – 353

German

pp.：  354 – 355

The Texts of the Early Modern Dutch Corpus

pp.：  356 – 360

Appendix 2: Large Data Tables and Charts

pp.：  361 – 366

References

pp.：  367 – 390

Index

pp.：  391 – 396