Historical Linguistics 2007: Selected Papers From The 18th International Conference On Historical Linguistics, Montreal, 6-11 August 2007

Historical Linguistics 2007 AMSTERDAM STUDIES IN THE THEORY AND HISTORY OF LINGUISTIC SCIENCE General Editor E.F.K. KOERNER Zentrum für Allgemeine Sprachwissenschaft, Typologie und Universalienforschung, Berlin [email protected] Series IV – CURRENT ISSUES IN LINGUISTIC THEORY Advisory Editorial Board Lyle Campbell (Salt Lake City) Sheila Embleton (Toronto) Elly van Gelderen (Tempe, Ariz.) Brian D. Joseph (Columbus, Ohio) John E. Joseph (Edinburgh) Manfred Krifka (Berlin) Martin Maiden (Oxford) E. Wyn Roberts (Vancouver, B.C.) Joseph C. Salmons (Madison, Wis.) Volume 308 Monique Dufresne, Fernande Dupuis and Etleva Vocaj (eds.) Historical Linguistics 2007. Selected papers from the 18th International Conference on Historical Linguistics, Montreal, 6–11 August 2007 Historical Linguistics 2007 Selected papers from the 18TH International Conference on Historical Linguistics, MontrEal, 6 – 11 August 2007 Edited by Monique Dufresne Queen’s University Fernande Dupuis Université du Québec à Montréal Etleva Vocaj Université du Québec à Montréal JOHN BENJAMINS PUBLISHING COMPANY AMSTERDAM/PHILADELPHIA 8 TM The paper used in this publication meets the minimum requirements of American National Standard for Information Sciences – Permanence of Paper for Printed Library Materials, ansi z39.48-1984. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data International Conference on Historical Linguistics (18th : 2007 : Montréal, Québec) Historical linguistics 2007 : selected papers from the 18th International Conference on Historical Linguistics, Montreal, 6-11 August 2007 / edited by Monique Dufresne, Fernande Dupuis, Etleva Vocaj. p. cm. (Amsterdam studies in the theory and history of linguistic science. Series IV, Current Issues in Linguistic Theory, issn 0304-0763 ; v. 308) Includes bibliographical references and index. 1. Historical linguistics--Congresses. I. Dufresne, Monique. II. Dupuis, Fernande. III. Vocaj, Etleva. IV. Title. P140.I5    2007 417’.7--dc22 2009033362 isbn 978 90 272 4824 4 (Hb ; alk. paper) isbn 978 90 272 8881 3 (Eb) © 2009 – John Benjamins B.V. No part of this book may be reproduced in any form, by print, photoprint, microfilm, or any other means, without written permission from the publisher. John Benjamins Publishing Co. · P.O. Box 36224 · 1020 me Amsterdam · The Netherlands John Benjamins North America · P.O. Box 27519 · Philadelphia pa 19118-0519 · usa Table of contents Foreword & acknowledgements Introduction ix 1 part i. Phonology Middle English vowel length in French loanwords   Ashley L. Burnett Dental fricatives and stops in Germanic: Deriving diachronic processes from syn