Even though the synchronic and diachronic aspects of
linguistics have been rather strictly separated in
theory, actual practice has shown a mutual interest
between these areas of the study of language. CVCV
Theory is no exception. The author uses this theory
to analyse the restructuring of regular inflectional
morphology between Old and Middle English. The book
comprises three basic parts. Firstly, elementary
notions of historical linguistics are considered, and
the dependence of diachronic study on general
linguistic theories is pointed out. Secondly, the
author discusses the interaction of...