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Preface | |
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Abbreviations and Conventions | |
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Introduction | |
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The Goths | |
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Sources of the Gothic Language | |
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The Germanic Languages | |
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The Gothic Alphabet | |
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The Sounds of Gothic | |
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The Consonants | |
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The Vowels | |
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Spelling Variations | |
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Assimilations | |
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Grammar Lessons | |
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Nouns: number, case, gender, declension | |
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Strong masculine nouns of the type dags (day) | |
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The demonstrative adjective sa (masculine) | |
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Prepositions (in, du, fram, ana, us) | |
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Adverbial predication | |
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Neuter nouns of the type waurd (word) | |
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The neuter inflection of the demonstrative adjective sa | |
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Predicate adjectives | |
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Further remarks on the Devoicing Rule | |
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Negation | |
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Cardinal numbers | |
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Gup | |
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Strong feminine nouns of the type giba (gift) | |
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The feminine predicate adjective | |
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The feminine forms of the demonstrative adjective sa | |
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J-stem nouns | |
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J-stem adjectives (predicate forms) | |
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Syntactic notes | |
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Attributive adjectives: strong inflection | |
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Uses of the strong inflection | |
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Pronominal possession in the third person | |
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Types of verbs | |
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Verbs: inflectional categories | |
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Aspect | |
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Weak verbs: class I (nasjan, sokjan) | |
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Subject pronouns | |
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The verb mag- (to be able, can) | |
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Weak nouns | |
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Weak verbs, class I, with preterites in -t- | |
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The interrogative pronouns hwas, hwa, hwo | |
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Wisan and ist | |
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Some uses of the dative | |
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I-stem nouns | |
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The five nouns of relationship (r-stem nouns) | |
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Third person pronouns | |
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Some verb forms (maht-, iddj-, present indicative of strong verbs) | |
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The weak inflection of adjectives | |
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The uses of the weak inflection of adjectives | |
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The active participle | |
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all- (all): pronoun and adjective | |
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U-stem nouns | |
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The numbers ain- (one), twai (two), preis (three) | |
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sums (some): adjective and pronoun | |
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The past (passive) participle | |
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Substantivized participles | |
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Final remarks on sa | |
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Weak verbs, Class 3 (haban) | |
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The remaining nominal inflections (consonantal inflections) | |
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Verbal nouns | |
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Verbal prefixes; at- | |
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The personal pronouns of the first and second person | |
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Relative pronouns and relative clauses | |
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Sama (same) and silba (self) | |
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The verb wiljan (want, will, wish) | |
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The present (active) participle used as a predicate | |
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Reflexive verbs | |
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Loanwords and proper names from the Greek | |
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Strong verbs: classes 4 and 5 (niman, bairan; giban, qipan, saihwan) | |
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The verbal prefixes fra- and us- | |
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More on relative pronouns and relative clauses | |
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The conjunctions jah, ip, pan, -uh pan, panuh, paruh, nu | |
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More on the verbal prefix ga- | |
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Strong verbs: class I (beidan, -teihan) | |
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Coordinating conjunctions (continued from 13.1) | |
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The preterite-present verb skal | |
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The verbal prefix af- | |
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Strong verbs: class 2 (driusan, tiuhan) | |
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The subjunctive (also called the optative) | |
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The enclitic coordinating conjunction -uh | |
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Tmesis | |
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The verbal prefix uf- | |
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The subjunctive in purpose clauses | |
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Nominal clauses with patei, ei, and pei | |
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The preterite-present verbs witan, kunnan, munan, and gamunan | |
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The verbal prefixes and- and und- | |
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Strong verbs: class 3 (bindan, siggwan, filhan, wairpan) | |
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i-stem adjectives | |
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Indefinite pronouns and adjectives (I) | |
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The verbal prefix bi- | |
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Strong verbs: Class 6 (faran, frapjan, standan) | |
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The dative absolute | |
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Temporal clauses | |
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The demonstrative pronoun sah, patuh, sohl | |
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Causative verbs in -jan | |
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Weak verbs: Class 2 (salbon) | |
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Conditional sentences | |
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The dual | |
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The verbal prefix mip- | |
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Final remarks on relative constructions: ei, pei, izei, and sei | |
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Preterite-Present verbs (*paurban, gadaursan, *ogan, *aigan) | |
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u-stem adjectives | |
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The comparative and superlative of adjectives | |
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The syntax of the comparative adjective | |
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The verbal prefixes ana- and in(n)- | |
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Direct questions | |
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Strong verbs: Class 7 (falpan, gretan) | |
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Indirect questions | |
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Interrogative and indefinite pronouns and adjectives (II) | |
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Noun formation (I) | |
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The passive | |
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Indefinite pronouns and adjectives (III) | |
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Noun formation (II) | |
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Adjective formation | |
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Weak verbs: Class 4 (fullnan) | |
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Adverb formation | |
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The partitive genitive | |
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Final remarks on the subjunctive | |
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Final remarks on the infinitive | |
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Final remarks on absolutes | |
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Final remarks on the numbers | |
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Texts | |
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Aiwaggeljo pairh Lukan anastodeip (The Gospel according to Luke) | |
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Aiwaggeljo pairh Marku anastodeip (The Gospel according to Mark) | |
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The Gospel according to Matthew | |
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The Gospel according to John | |
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The Epistle of Paul to the Romans | |
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Du Teimaupaiau .a. dustodeip (The First Epistle of Paul to Timothy) | |
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Historical Grammar: Introduction | |
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The phonological system of Proto-Indo-European | |
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The consonants | |
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The vowels | |
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Word formation | |
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Ablaut (apophony) | |
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The laryngeals | |
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From Late PIE to Proto-Germanic | |
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From Late PG to Gothic | |
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The Gothic development of IE plain voiceless stops and *s | |
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The Gothic development of the IE plain voiced stops | |
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The development of the IE long vowels and diphthongs in PG and Gothic | |
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The development of the IE short vowels and short syllabic resonants in syllables ending up stressed in Gothic | |
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Historical Grammar: Lessons I-23 (correlated with the Grammar Lessons) | |
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Glossary | |
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Selected Bibliography | |
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Index of Etymologies | |
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Grammatical Index | |