The Transmission of Anglo-Norman -- Editorial page -- Title page -- LCC data -- Table of contents -- Preface -- 1. Introduction to key issues -- 1.1 The research problem -- 1.2 Anglo-Norman and second language transmission -- 1.3 Language transmission -- 1.4 The critical period hypothesis and second language acquisition -- 1.5 Early child bilingualism -- Notes -- 2. Anglo Norman and L2 varieties of medieval French -- 2.1 Introduction -- 2.2 An outline sketch of early C13 A-N grammar -- 2.3 Old French as an L2 in southern Italy -- 2.4 Law French as an L2 -- 2.5 Prospects -- Notes -- 3. The context of transmission -- 3.1 Previous interpretations -- 3.2 The historical evidence for the status of A-N -- 3.3 The elementary school as a context of first exposure to Anglo-Norman -- 3.4 Implications -- Notes -- 4. Rationale and design of the study -- 4.1 Initial considerations -- 4.2 Target areas of medieval French -- 4.3 Data sources -- 4.4 Design of the syntax study corpus -- 4.5 Additional data sources -- 4.6 Overall approach -- 5. Anglo-Norman phonology -- 5.1 Introduction -- 5.2 Acquisition target properties -- 5.3 Variation and change in OFr phonology -- 5.4 Influence of English: vowels -- 5.5 Influence of English: consonants -- 5.6 Loss of sound contrasts in A-N or underspecification in rhymes? -- 5.7 Investigating neutralisation -- 5.8 Results -- 5.9 Summary of findings and implications -- Notes -- 6. The syntax of quantifiers in Anglo-Norman -- 6.1 Introduction -- 6.2 Acquisition target properties: Old French quantifiers -- 6.3 Diachronic developments in the Old French quantifier system -- 6.4 A comparison with Middle English -- 6.5 An investigation of quantifier syntax in Anglo-Norman -- 6.6 Implications -- Notes -- 7. Noun gender marking in Anglo-Norman -- 7.1 L2 gender acquisition background -- 7.2 Acquisition target properties.

7.3 Gender in AN: previous research -- 7.4 Gender marking in the AN Hub textbase: findings from possessive determiner contexts -- 7.5 Implications -- Notes -- 8. Verb second and null subjects in Anglo-Norman -- 8.1 Introduction -- 8.2 Acquisition target properties in OFr.: V2 and null subjects -- 8.3 A comparison with Middle English -- 8.4 Investigating the maintenance and loss of V2 in Anglo-Norman -- 8.5 V2 after selected initial adverbs in main clauses -- 8.6 V2 with initial Objects versus initial Adjuncts -- 8.7 Null subjects in subordinate clauses -- 8.8 Implications -- Notes -- 9. The order of Attributive Adjective and Noun in Anglo-Norman -- 9.1 Overview -- 9.2 Attributive Adjective - Noun order in medieval English and French -- 9.3 Acquisition target properties -- 9.4 Anglo-Norman attributive adjective position -- 9.5 Adjective syntax in north-eastern French dialects -- 9.6 Interpretation -- Notes -- 10. The syntax and pragmatics of discourse particles in Anglo-Norman -- 10.1 Discourse particles as a target of acquisition -- 10.2 Target properties of the Old French particle si -- 10.3 Data sources and analysis of particle si -- 10.4 Target properties of the discourse connectives ainz and mes in Old French -- 10.5 A comparison with Middle English -- 10.6 The connectives ainz and mes in Anglo-Norman -- 10.7 Implications -- Notes -- 11. Conclusions -- 11.1 Overview of results -- 11.2 Two discontinuities in transmission -- 11.3 Envoi -- Note -- Bibliography -- Name index -- Subject index.