CONTENTS 



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Preface 57 



Phonology 59 



Syllable structure 59 



Word structure 64 



Rhythm groups 65 



Morphophonemics 66 



Vowel reduction 66 



Voicing 70 



Miscellaneous processes 72 



Morphology 73 



Units of analysis 73 



Word classes 74 



Verbs 75 



Verb inflection 75 



Grammatical categories 75 



Inflectional affixes 78 



Distribution of aflSxes 87 



Verb stems 94 



Stem formation 94 



Stem variants 99 



Verb core derivation 103 



Verb classes 105 



Transitive verbs 105 



Intransitive verbs 110 



Verbal auxiliaries 114 



Uninflected words 118 



Clitics 123 



Syntax 124 



Definition of syntactic units 124 



Major function slots and their fillers 125 



Predicate slot 126 



Auxiliary slot 128 



Subject slot 128 



Object slot 130 



Directional-locational slot 132 



Time slot 133 



Modifier slot 134 



Interrogative-modal slot 134 



Connective slot 134 



Sequential ordering of function slots 135 



Predicate clauses 135 



Non-predicate clauses 138 



Independent versus dependent clauses 139 



Supraclause structure 139 



Fragment utterances 139 



Complex sentences 140 



Quotations 141 



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