Table of contents : Cover Preface Phonetic Symbols and Diacritical Marks Table of Contents
Chapter 1 On The Nature of Linguistic Change Sound Change and Sound Laws - Types of Sound Changes - How do Sounds Change? - The Spread of a Sound Change - The Causes of Sound Change - Other Causes of Sound Change Morphological Change: Analogy
Chapter 2 The Latin Language The Phonological System of Latin The Vowel System The Consonant System Accentuation The Morphological System of Latin The Nominal System The Verbal System
Chapter 3 From Earlier to Later Latin The Phonological System Vowels Consonants The Simplification of the Syllable: Reduction of Consonant Groups The Development of Intervocalic Consonants The Morphological System The Nominal System The Verbal System
Chapter 4 From Late Latin to Old Spanish Introduction: Ibero-Romance Within the Western Romance Complex The Phonological System Vowels - The Yod and the Development of the Vowels - Syncope and Its Effects Consonants - The Beginnings of the Change /f-/ > /h-/ - Initial Consonant Groups - Palatal Consonants - The Sibilants The Morphological System The Nominal System The Verbal System
Chapter 5 From Medieval to Modern Spanish The Phonological System Vowels Consonants The Morphological System The Nominal System The Verbal System