INTRODUCTION -- 1. THE ORIGIN OF THE GOTHIC ALPHABET -- 1.0 Methodological remarks -- 1.01 The Alphabet -- 1.02 Alphabets from which borrowing was possible -- 1.03 The value of a study of the alphabet for determining pronunciation -- 1.1 The origin of the single signs -- 1.11 Signs certainly borrowed from the Greek -- 1.12 q -- 1.13 h -- 1.14 þ -- 1.15 j -- 1.16 u -- 1.17 r -- 1.18 f -- 1.19 o -- 1.20 Excursus on the sign hu -- 2. LOAN WORDS AND TRANSCRIPTIONS OF PROPER NAMES -- 2.0 Methodological remarks -- 2.1 Transcription of Biblical names -- 2.10 Methodological remarks -- 2.11 The essential correspondences -- 2.2 The pronunciation of 4th century Greek -- 2.20 Methodological remarks -- 2.21 Discussion of the single signs -- 2.2 A. The pronunciation of certain Latin signs in the 4th century -- 2.2 B. The pronunciation of certain runic signs -- 2.3 Preliminary conclusions based on the alphabet and the loans -- 2.31 Pronunciation of the vowel signs -- 2.32 Pronunciation of the consonant signs -- 3. INTERNAL EVIDENCE I: ORTHOGRAPHICAL DEVIANTS -- 3.0 Methodological remarks -- 3.01 The scribes -- 3.02 Are all errors errors of the scribes? -- 3.03 What do scribal errors tell us about Wulfila's pronunciation? -- 3.04 Do all scribal errors afford us evidence of pronunciation? -- 3.05 What are scribal errors? -- 3.1 The errors and their interpretation -- 3.10 Types of errors -- 3.11 Mechanical errors -- 3.12 Errors which may indicate pronunciation -- 3.13 Errors indicating pronunciation -- 3.14 Isolated errors of various types -- 3.2 Syllabification -- 3.21 Diphthong vs. monophthong -- 3.22 hu -- 3.23 ggw -- 3.3 Conclusions -- 4. INTERNAL EVIDENCE II: SYSTEM-DERIVED EVIDENCE -- 4.1 Evidence derived from the configuration of the system -- 4.10 Methodological remarks -- 4.11 Patterning -- 4.12 Phonemic opposition -- 4.13 Method of contrastive pairs.

4.2 Regular alternations within the system -- 4.20 Methodological remarks -- 4.21 The evidence and discussion of the evidence -- 4.3 Conclusions -- 4.31 Pronunciation of the vowels (tentative conclusions) -- 4.32 Pronunciation of the consonants (tentative conclusions) -- 4.33 General conclusions -- 5. COMPARATIVE EVIDENCE -- 5.1 The value of comparative evidence in determining Wulfila's pronunciation -- 5.10 Methodological remarks -- 5.11 Discussion of each individual sign -- 5.2 ai and au in inflectional endings -- 5.3 The value of our discussion of the pronunciation of Wulfila's Gothic for comparative study -- CONCLUSIONS -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- POSTSCRIPT, 1972 -- ADDENDA & CORRIGENDA.