1. + Tracking change: a Corpus of Narrative Etymologies (CoNE) Rhona Alcorn Institute for Historical Dialectology University of Edinburgh

2. + Handbooks: catalogues of change processes

3. + Hogg (1992)

4. + OE bæþ ‘bath’ Wright & Wright (1925)

5. + OE bæþ ‘bath’ Wright & Wright (1925) §292. Gmc [* β] > OE [b] (VFH) e.g. bæþ, blind ‘blind’, bæc ‘back’ §54. Gmc [* ɑ ] > OE [æ] (FF) e.g. bæþ, dæl ‘dale’, bæc ‘back’ §301. Gmc [* θ] > OE [ θ] e.g. bæþ, ā þ ‘oath’, broþ ‘broth’ §302. OE [ θ] > OE [ð] intervocalically (MFV) e.g. broþ ‘broth’ ~ br ō þer ‘brother’, bæþ [ θ ] ~ bæþes [ð] ‘bath’s’ §57. OE [æ] > OE [ ɑ ] before a back vowel (RA) e.g. bæþ [bæ θ ] ~ baþu [b ɑ ðu] ‘baths’

6. + Catalogues of change outcomes

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11. variation in individual word forms ? system changes

12. + Bridging the gap A Corpus of Narrative Etymologies (CoNE) unpacks the evolution of individual items from their presumed phonological shape in PrOE to their form(s) in LAEME’s Corpus of Tagged Texts. (French items – later phase of project.) Underpinning CoNE is our Corpus of Changes (CC). This documents all of the changes — phonological, morphological and orthographic —invoked in CoNE’s individual word histories. CC currently itemises 222 changes. CoNE and CC will be freely available web-based resources Demonstration: base phonology of ‘bath’ (= LAEME $bath/n) …

14. + Morphology Nouns are tagged in LAEME to indicate: function: e.g. /n (subject), /nOd (object, direct), n<pr (object of P) number: e.g. /nOd (sg), /nplOd (pl) LAEME grammels correspond to OE paradigm members, e.g.: /n corresponds to OE nom. sg. /nplOd corresponds to OE acc. pl. /n<pr corresponds to OE acc. or dat. sg. Demonstration: morphology of ‘bath’ …

15. variation in individual word forms CoNE system changes

16. + References Campbell, A. 1959. Old English grammar. Oxford: Clarendon Press. DOE = Dictionary of Old English: A to G online. Cameron, A., A.C. Amos & A. diPaolo Healey. 2007. [Electronic resource.] Hogg, R.M. 1992. A grammar of Old English, vol. 1 Phonology. Oxford: Blackwell. Hogg, R.M. & R.D. Fulk. 2011. A grammar of Old English, vol. 2 Morphology. Oxford: Blackwell. LAEME = A Linguistic Atlas of Early Middle English 1150–1325. 2007-. M. Laing & R. Lass. [Electronic resource.] MED = Middle English Dictionary. 1956-2001. Kurath, H., S.M. Kuhn & R.E. Lewis. [Electronic resource.] OED = Oxford English Dictionary, 3 rd edn. [Electronic resource.] Wright, J. & E.M. Wright. 1925. Old English grammar, 3 rd edn. London: OUP.