Donaldson Bruce. Dutch. A linguistic history of Holland and Belgium

DBNL, 2013. — 200 p.Acknowledgements.
Abbreviations and Symbols.
The Present.
What is Dutch?
Dialects and Standard Dutch.
The linguistic situation in Belgium.
Spelling.
The sounds of Dutch (phonology).
The grammar of Dutch (morphology).
Word Order.
Vocabulary and word formation.
The Past A. External history of the language.
The effect of the Great Migrations on the Netherlands.
Sources of written Dutch prior to 1100.
The Middle Dutch Period: 1100-1500.
The sixteenth century - a period of transition.
The seventeenth century - the birth of ABN.
The eighteenth century - a period of stagnation.
The nineteenth century - birth of the modern age.
The Past B. Historical grammar.
Dutch as a Germanic language.
Historical phonology.
Historical morphology.List of maps, charts and illustrations.