'... this admirably meticulous study is a milestone in generativist historical linguistics.' Journal of French Language Studies, 9 (1999)

• 1: Introduction.- 1.0. V2 and Null Subjects in the History of French.- 1.1. The Theoretical Framework.- 1.2. The Texts and the Methodology.- 1.3. Outline.- Notes.- 2: Old French as a V2 Language.- 2.1. Verb-Second Word Order.- 2.2. Theoretical Approaches to V2 in Romance and Germanic.- 2.3. V2 in Embedded Clauses.- 2.4. Conclusion on Theories of V2.- Notes.- 3: Main Clause Word Order in Old French.- 3.0. Overview of the Chapter.- One: V2 Effects and Main Clause Word Order.- Two: V2 and the Nature of Spec, AgrP.- Notes.- 4: Subordinate Clause Word Order in Old French.- 4.0. Overview of the Chapter.- 4.1. SVX Clauses.- 4.2. SPCV and Relative QUI CV Clauses.- 4.3. The Status of V2 Inversion in Embedded Clauses.- 4.4. Non-V2 Inversion in Old French Embedded Clauses.- 4.5. Conclusion to Chapter Four.- Appendix I.- Appendix II.- Notes.- 5: Null Subjects in Old French.- 5.0. Introduction: Old French and the Romance Null Subject Languages.- 5.1. The Syntactic Distribution of pro in OFr.- 5.2. Identification of pro’s Content: The Role of Inflection.- 5.3. Exceptions to the Regular Distribution of pro in OFr.- 5.4. Null and Overt Atonic Pronouns in OFr Discourse.- 5.5. Conclusion to Chapter Five.- Notes.- 6: Null Subjects and Syntactic Change in Middle French.- 6.0. Overview.- 6.1. Syntactic Changes in the 15th Century.- 6.2. Against A V to C Analysis of CSV in Middle French.- 6.3. The Distribution of Null Subjects in the 15th Century.- 6.4. THE LOSS OF pro.- 6.5. Conclusion to Chapter Six.- Notes.- 7: The Decline and Loss of V2 in French.- 7.0. Introduction.- 7.1. Previous Accounts of the Loss of V2 in French.- 7.2. The Decline of V2.- 7.3. The Loss of V2.- 7.4. Conclusion: V2 and Null Subjects.- Notes.- References.- Index of Authors.- Index of Languages.

'... this admirably meticulous study is a milestone in generativist historical linguistics.' Journal of French Language Studies, 9 (1999)

• 1: Introduction.- 1.0. V2 and Null Subjects in the History of French.- 1.1. The Theoretical Framework.- 1.2. The Texts and the Methodology.- 1.3. Outline.- Notes.- 2: Old French as a V2 Language.- 2.1. Verb-Second Word Order.- 2.2. Theoretical Approaches to V2 in Romance and Germanic.- 2.3. V2 in Embedded Clauses.- 2.4. Conclusion on Theories of V2.- Notes.- 3: Main Clause Word Order in Old French.- 3.0. Overview of the Chapter.- One: V2 Effects and Main Clause Word Order.- Two: V2 and the Nature of Spec, AgrP.- Notes.- 4: Subordinate Clause Word Order in Old French.- 4.0. Overview of the Chapter.- 4.1. SVX Clauses.- 4.2. SPCV and Relative QUI CV Clauses.- 4.3. The Status of V2 Inversion in Embedded Clauses.- 4.4. Non-V2 Inversion in Old French Embedded Clauses.- 4.5. Conclusion to Chapter Four.- Appendix I.- Appendix II.- Notes.- 5: Null Subjects in Old French.- 5.0. Introduction: Old French and the Romance Null Subject Languages.- 5.1. The Syntactic Distribution of pro in OFr.- 5.2. Identification of pro’s Content: The Role of Inflection.- 5.3. Exceptions to the Regular Distribution of pro in OFr.- 5.4. Null and Overt Atonic Pronouns in OFr Discourse.- 5.5. Conclusion to Chapter Five.- Notes.- 6: Null Subjects and Syntactic Change in Middle French.- 6.0. Overview.- 6.1. Syntactic Changes in the 15th Century.- 6.2. Against A V to C Analysis of CSV in Middle French.- 6.3. The Distribution of Null Subjects in the 15th Century.- 6.4. THE LOSS OF pro.- 6.5. Conclusion to Chapter Six.- Notes.- 7: The Decline and Loss of V2 in French.- 7.0. Introduction.- 7.1. Previous Accounts of the Loss of V2 in French.- 7.2. The Decline of V2.- 7.3. The Loss of V2.- 7.4. Conclusion: V2 and Null Subjects.- Notes.- References.- Index of Authors.- Index of Languages.

'... this admirably meticulous study is a milestone in generativist historical linguistics.' Journal of French Language Studies, 9 (1999)

• 1: Introduction.- 1.0. V2 and Null Subjects in the History of French.- 1.1. The Theoretical Framework.- 1.2. The Texts and the Methodology.- 1.3. Outline.- Notes.- 2: Old French as a V2 Language.- 2.1. Verb-Second Word Order.- 2.2. Theoretical Approaches to V2 in Romance and Germanic.- 2.3. V2 in Embedded Clauses.- 2.4. Conclusion on Theories of V2.- Notes.- 3: Main Clause Word Order in Old French.- 3.0. Overview of the Chapter.- One: V2 Effects and Main Clause Word Order.- Two: V2 and the Nature of Spec, AgrP.- Notes.- 4: Subordinate Clause Word Order in Old French.- 4.0. Overview of the Chapter.- 4.1. SVX Clauses.- 4.2. SPCV and Relative QUI CV Clauses.- 4.3. The Status of V2 Inversion in Embedded Clauses.- 4.4. Non-V2 Inversion in Old French Embedded Clauses.- 4.5. Conclusion to Chapter Four.- Appendix I.- Appendix II.- Notes.- 5: Null Subjects in Old French.- 5.0. Introduction: Old French and the Romance Null Subject Languages.- 5.1. The Syntactic Distribution of pro in OFr.- 5.2. Identification of pro’s Content: The Role of Inflection.- 5.3. Exceptions to the Regular Distribution of pro in OFr.- 5.4. Null and Overt Atonic Pronouns in OFr Discourse.- 5.5. Conclusion to Chapter Five.- Notes.- 6: Null Subjects and Syntactic Change in Middle French.- 6.0. Overview.- 6.1. Syntactic Changes in the 15th Century.- 6.2. Against A V to C Analysis of CSV in Middle French.- 6.3. The Distribution of Null Subjects in the 15th Century.- 6.4. THE LOSS OF pro.- 6.5. Conclusion to Chapter Six.- Notes.- 7: The Decline and Loss of V2 in French.- 7.0. Introduction.- 7.1. Previous Accounts of the Loss of V2 in French.- 7.2. The Decline of V2.- 7.3. The Loss of V2.- 7.4. Conclusion: V2 and Null Subjects.- Notes.- References.- Index of Authors.- Index of Languages.