Patience Epps is Professor of Linguistics at the University of Texas at Austin, USA.Danny Law is Associate Professor of Linguistics at the University of Texas at Austin, USA.Na’ama Pat-El is Professor of Middle Eastern Studies at the University of Texas at Austin, USA.

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• List of contributors1. Introduction. Section I. Synchrony and diachrony in phonological systems2. Why is tone change still poorly understood, and how might documentation of less-studied tone languages help? 3. Phonological enrichment in Neo-Aramaic dialects through language contact. 4. Vowel quality as a history maker: Stress, metaphony and the renewal of Proto-Semitic morphology in Modern South Arabian. Section II. Synchrony and diachrony in morphology and syntax5. Patterns of retention and innovation in Dene-Yeniseian verb morphology. 6. Serial verbs and the production of grammatical morphology. Section III. Dynamics of diversity and contact7. The comparative method and language change in residual areas: A view from the Nuba Mountains. 8. Inside Contact-Stimulated Grammatical Development. Section IV. Classification and Prehistory 9. A Reconstruction of Proto-Croisilles Phonology and Lexicon. 10. The linguistic prehistory of the western Himalayas: Endangered minority languages as a window to the past. Index

Patience Epps is Professor of Linguistics at the University of Texas at Austin, USA.Danny Law is Associate Professor of Linguistics at the University of Texas at Austin, USA.Na’ama Pat-El is Professor of Middle Eastern Studies at the University of Texas at Austin, USA.

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• List of contributors1. Introduction. Section I. Synchrony and diachrony in phonological systems2. Why is tone change still poorly understood, and how might documentation of less-studied tone languages help? 3. Phonological enrichment in Neo-Aramaic dialects through language contact. 4. Vowel quality as a history maker: Stress, metaphony and the renewal of Proto-Semitic morphology in Modern South Arabian. Section II. Synchrony and diachrony in morphology and syntax5. Patterns of retention and innovation in Dene-Yeniseian verb morphology. 6. Serial verbs and the production of grammatical morphology. Section III. Dynamics of diversity and contact7. The comparative method and language change in residual areas: A view from the Nuba Mountains. 8. Inside Contact-Stimulated Grammatical Development. Section IV. Classification and Prehistory 9. A Reconstruction of Proto-Croisilles Phonology and Lexicon. 10. The linguistic prehistory of the western Himalayas: Endangered minority languages as a window to the past. Index