The research reported here has occupied me for a such a long time, and it has benefited
from the suggestions and comments of a large number of linguists. I owe special thanks to …

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This paper examines whether the argument structure of English verbs of change of
state/location was influenced by contact. Scandinavian as a source of influence is rejected …

This study provides new insights into the historical language contact between Classical
Armenian and West Middle Iranian, specifically Parthian. Next to an up-to-date account of …

Recent years have seen a spate of publications that attempt to recontextualise the history of
English in contact-linguistic (Miller 2012; Lutz 2013; Durkin 2014) and sociolinguistic terms …

When loan words enter their recipient language, they accommodate to the structure and
paradigms of that language. The most common accommodation strategy cross‑linguistically …

This chapter gives an overview of changes in morphology and syntax during the medieval
English period that are plausibly induced or catalysed by language contact. Our emphasis is …

In the light of the theoretical and practical considerations laid out in Chap. 2, this chapter
illustrates on the basis of a collection of Latin and Middle English mixed sermons (MS …