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in press. Peripheral members of a peripheral class: Cardinal numerals and dynamic word classes. In The diachrony of word class peripheries. Edited by Tanja Ackermann & Christian Zimmer. Studies in Language companion series. Amsterdam; Philadelphia: Benjamins. 

2019. With Britta Schneider & Theresa Heyd: The sociolinguistic economy of Berlin: cosmopolitan perspectives on language, diversity and social space. In: The Sociolinguistic Economy of Berlin: Cosmopolitan Perspectives on Language, Diversity and Social Space. Edited by Theresa Heyd, Ferdinand von Mengden, Britta Schneider. Language and Social Life 17. Boston; Berlin: De Gruyter. 1-18.

2017. Old English: Overview. In: The History of English. Volume 2: Old English. Edited by Laurel J. Brinton and Alexander Bergs. Berlin; Boston: De Gruyter Mouton. 32-49.

2017. Old English: Morphology. In: The History of English. Volume 2: Old English. Edited by Laurel J. Brinton and Alexander Bergs. Berlin; Boston: Gruyter Mouton. 73-99.

2016. Functional changes and (meta-)linguistic evolution. In: Exaptation and Language Change. Edited by Muriel Norde and Freek Van de Velde. Current Issues in Linguistic Theory. Amsterdam Studies in the Theory and History of Linguistic Science 336. Amsterdam; Philadelphia, Pa.: Benjamins. 121-62.

2014. With Horst Simon: What is it then, this grammaticalization? In Refining Grammaticalization. Special Issue of Folia Linguistica 48,2. Edited by Ferdinand von Mengden & Horst Simon. 1-14.

2014. With Evie Coussé: The role of change in usage-based conceptions of language. In Usage-based Approaches to Language Change. Edited by Evie Coussé & Ferdinand von Mengden. Studies in Functional and Structural Linguistics 69. Amsterdam; Philadelphia: Benjamins. 1-19.

2012. Old English: Morphology. In: English Historical Linguistics: An International Handbook. 2 Volumes. Edited by Alexander Bergs and Laurel J. Brinton. Handbooks of Linguistics and Communication Science / Handbücher zur Sprach- und Kommunikationswissenschaft 34.1. Berlin; Boston: De Gruyter Mouton. 272-93.

2012. Periods: Old English. In: English Historical Linguistics: An International Handbook. 2 Volumes. Edited by Alexander Bergs and Laurel J. Brinton. Handbooks of Linguistics and Communication Science 34.1. Berlin; Boston: De Gruyter Mouton. 19-32.

2011. Ablaut or Transfixation? – On the Old English Strong Verbs. In: More Than Words: (English) Lexicography and Lexicology Past and Present. Edited by Renate Bauer and Ulrike Krischke. Münchener Universitätsschriften. Texte und Untersuchungen zur Englischen Philologie 36. Frankfurt/M: Lang. 123-39.

2008. Reconstructing complex structures: a typological perspective. In: Principles of Syntactic Reconstruction. Edited by Gisella Ferraresi and Maria Goldbach. Amsterdam Studies in the Theory and History of Linguistic Science. Series IV: Current Issues in Linguistic Theory 302. Amsterdam; Philadelphia, Pa.: Benjamins. 97-119.

2008. The grammaticalization cline of cardinal numerals and numeral systems. In: Rethinking Grammaticalization: New Perspectives. Edited by María José Lòpez-Couso and Elena Seoane in collaboration with Teresa Fanego. Typological Studies in Language 76. Amsterdam; Philadelphia, Pa.: Benjamins. 289-309.

2006. The Peculiarities of the Old English Numeral system. In: Medieval English and its heritage: structure, meaning and mechanisms of change. Proceedings of the Thirteenth International Conference of English Historical Linguistics, Vienna, August 2004. Ed. Nikolaus Ritt et al. Frankfurt/M. et al.: Lang. 125-45.

2006. Modern English Numerals in the Old English Orosius. In: Language and Text: Current Perspectives on English and Germanic Historical Linguistics. Edited by Andrew James Johnston, Ferdinand von Mengden and Stefan Thim. Heidelberg: Winter. 225-239.

2005. How Myths Persist: Jacob Grimm, the Long Hundred and Duodecimal Counting. In: English Linguistics and Medieval Studies: Positions – Perspectives – New Approaches. Edited by Gabriele Knappe. University of Bamberg Studies in English Linguistics 48. Frankfurt/M: Lang. 201-221.