CONTENTS 



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') 1. Distribution of the Athapascan family .' 91 



j§ 2-4. Phonetics - 93 



§ 2. Sounds 93 



§ 3. Grouping of sounds 97 



§ 4. Assimilation of sounds 98 



) § 5-8. Grammatical processes 99 



§ 5. Enumeration of grammatical i)rocesses 99 



§ 6. Composition 99 



§ 7. Changes in the phonetic character of the root 100 



§ 8. Position 101 



\ § 9-19. Ideas expressed by grammatical categories 101 



§ 9. Enumeration of categories ' 101 



§ 10. Denominating concepts 102 



§ 11. Predicating concepts 102 



§ 12. Syntactic relations 103 



§ 13. Classification 103 



§ 14. Number 104 



§ 15. Distribution 104 



§ 16. Time 105 



§ 17. Mode : 105 



§ 18. Place and direction 106 



§ 19. Person 106 



^§ 20-88. Discussion of grammar 106 



§§ 20-27. Nouns 106 



§ 20. Structure 106 



§ 21. Formative elements 107 



§ 22. Compounds 108 



§ 23. Verbs as nouns 109 



§ 24. Plural of nouns 109 



§ 25. Possession 109 



§ 26. Locative suffixes HO 



§27. Tense 110 



§§28-75. Verbs HI 



§ 28. Structure HI 



§§ 29-50. Formative elements HI 



§ 29. General remarks HI 



§§30-37. Prefixes 112 



§ 30. Classification of prefixes according to their position and 



significance 112 



§31. Adverbial prefixes, first position 112 



§ 32. Adverbial prefixes, second position 116 



§ 33. Deictic prefixes, third position 117 



§ 34. First modal prefixes, fourth position 117 



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