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CONTENTS

Chapter Page
Introduction 5

1. Phonemes, 1–30
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Pattern, 1–7 7
Consonants, 8–15 7
Vowels, 16–24 8
Juncture and Sandhi, 25–30 9

2. Survey of Grammar, 31–33
11

3. The Sentence, 34–78
12
Sentence types, 36–49 12, 13
Subordinating particles, 50–60 14
General particles, 61–76 15
Minor sentences, 77 16
Parataxis, 78 17

4. Verb Expressions, 79–120
18
Subordinate verb expressions, 81 18
Noun expression attributes, 82–86 18
Secondary verb particles, 87–108 19
Auxiliary verbs, 109–120 21

5. Noun expressions, 121–148
23
Interrogative nouns, 131 24
Numerals, 132–140 25
Classifiers, 141–148 26

6. Derivation, 149–178
29
Proclitic particles, 150–151 29
Enclitic particles, 152–162 29
Doubled verbs, 163–171 31
Doubled nouns, 172–178 32

Index of Bound Forms
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