1. Introduction (by Geeraerts, Dirk); 2. Metaphorical Divergences in the Evolution of Dutch and Afrikaans (by Dirven, Rene); 3. The Prepositions WITH, MID and AGAIN(ST) in Old and Middle English: A case-study of historical lexical semantics (by Dekeyser, Xavier); 4. Homonymy, Iconicity, and Prototypicality (by Geeraerts, Dirk); 5. Transfer and Prototypicality in Animal and Plant Names (by Callebaut, Bruno); 6. Pronominal Verbs in Old and Modern French, or How prototypes can be restructured on the basis of permanent meaning effects (by Melis, Ludo); 7. Translation as a Witness to Semantic Change (by Hoecke, Willy van); 8. The Role of Semantics in the Development of Historical Linguistics in France (by Desmet, Piet); 9. Abstracts - Resumes - Samenvattingen