TABLE OF CONTENTS.

Pages
[Introduction][1-9]
[Phonology][10-84]
Accent[11-13]
Vowels[13-36]
Quantity[13-14]
Accented Vowels[14-24]
a[14-15]
ẹ[15-17]
ę[17-20]
ị[20]
ọ[20-21]
ǫ[21-23]
ụ[23-24]
au[24]
Unaccented Vowels[24-36]
Initial Syllable[25-27]
Intertonic Syllable[27-29]
Penult[29-32]
Final Syllable[32-36]
Consonants[37-84]
Latin Consonants[37-40]
Germanic Consonants[40-41]
Greek Consonants[41-42]
Initial Consonants[42-44]
Single[43-44]
Groups[44]
Medial Consonants[45-78]
Single[47-55]
Groups[55-78]
Double Consonants[56-57]
Groups Ending in L[57-58]
Groups Ending in R[58-61]
Groups Ending in W[61-62]
Groups Ending in Y[63-69]
Groups Beginning with L, M, N, R, or S[69-74]
Miscellaneous Groups[74-78]
Final Consonants[78-81]
Single[78-81]
Groups[81]
Sporadic Change[81-84]
Insertion[81-82]
Metathesis[82-83]
Dissimilation[83-84]
[Morphology][85-146]
Declension[85-113]
Nouns[85-94]
First Declension[90]
Second Declension[90-91]
Third Declension[91-94]
Adjectives[95-99]
Comparison[96-97]
Numerals[98-99]
Pronouns and Pronominal Adjectives[99-113]
Articles[100-101]
Personal Pronouns[101-105]
Possessives[105-107]
Demonstratives[107-109]
Interrogatives and Relatives[109-110]
Indefinite Pronouns and Adjectives[110-113]
Conjugation[114-146]
The Four Conjugations[114-115]
Fundamental Changes in Inflection[116-118]
Infinitive, Present Participle, and Gerund[118-119]
Past Participle[119-121]
Future and New Conditional[121-123]
Future Endings[122-123]
Conditional Endings[123]
Present[123-132]
Double Stems[125-126]
Peculiar Forms[127-130]
Personal Endings[130-132]
Imperfect Indicative[132-133]
Preterit, Old Conditional, and Imperfect Subjunctive[133-146]
Preterit[133-144]
Weak[135-138]
Strong[138-144]
Old Conditional[144-145]
Imperfect Subjunctive[145-146]
[Index][147-159]

AN OUTLINE OF THE PHONOLOGY AND MORPHOLOGY OF OLD PROVENÇAL.

I. INTRODUCTION.

1. The language here studied is, in the main, that used by the poets of Southern France during the 12th and 13th centuries. The few works that we have earlier than the 12th century must, of course, be utilized for such information as they afford concerning the process of linguistic change; and lacking words or forms must occasionally be sought in writings later than the 13th. Prose literature, moreover, should not be neglected, as it greatly enlarges our vocabulary and throws much light on local divergences. The modern dialects need be cited only to determine the geographical distribution of variations.