xvi CHAPTER CONTENTS PART I. PHONOLOGY. I. Sounds and Letters: Tabular presentation of Assamese sounds : Description of the sounds : II. 'III. Final Vowels : General treatment of O.I.A. final vowels in Assamese : Final -a after consonants : Final -a after vowels : Final -a in tatsamas : Final -d : after consonants : after vowels : Final -i, -i : after consonants : after vowels : SECTION 90 Consonants : 91-111 Vowels : 112-121 Stress-Accent in Assamese : 122-123 Two systems of stress in Assamese
stress in Western Assam is dominantly initial : in St. Coll. of Eastern Assair I, penultimate : 124 . Vowels in accented open syllables : '128 Vowels in closed syllables : 129 Vowels with the secondary accent : 130 Unaccented Vowels : 131 Pre-accentual syllables : 132-135 Post-accentual syllables : 136-139 Final Vowels : 140 Stress-Shift : 141 Due to analogy : 142 In accordance with value : 143-144 Due to dialectical influence : 145-152 The Kamrupi dialect : 153-158 Stress-shift due to long final vowels j : 159 160 161 161-169 170-173 174-176 177 178 179-181
