History of the Reinforced Demonstrative in Nordic

Eric T. Lander, Ph.D. (2016), Ghent University, is a postdoctoral researcher at the Department of Swedish Language and Multilingualism, Stockholm University. He has published in the areas of syntax, morphology, and Germanic historical linguistics. He is co-editor of Exploring Nanosyntax (OUP, 2018).

• AcknowledgmentsList of Figures, Maps, and TablesAbbreviationsConventions Followed1 Introducing the Reinforced Demonstrative1.1 The Germanic Family Tree1.2 (Reinforced) Demonstratives1.3 Treatment in the Literature1.4 Goals and Outline of the Book2 Synchronic and Diachronic Background2.1 Basic Concepts and Terms2.2 A Typology of rdem Forms2.3 Doubly Inflected (Hybrid I/II) Forms2.4 A Generalization about D and KD2.5 Etymologies2.6 Summary of Types and Etymologies3 A Methodology for Studying the Viking Age Material3.1 Background on Runes3.2 Method3.3 Critique of Massengale (1972)3.4 Summary of Methods4 Regional Variation: si, sa, a, and i Forms4.1 Background4.2 Data4.3 Analysis4.4 Sociolinguistic Evidence4.5 The i and Endingless Variants4.6 Taking Stock5 Regional Variation: Internal vs. External Inflection5.1 Background: Gemination in the New Stem5.2 Data5.3 Taking Stock6 Paradigm Reconstructions6.1 Loss of Generalized dem-si6.2 Proto-Nordic6.3 Common Nordic6.4 Summary7 Conclusion7.1 Variation in the m.acc.sg and n.nom/acc.sg7.2 Internal to External Inflection: A Fitful Evolution7.3 Etymological and Reconstructive ConsiderationsAppendix 1: List of rdem Attestations in the Runic CorpusAppendix 2: Supplementary TablesBibliographyIndex