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§ 1. Location 209 



§§ 2-5. Phonetics 210 



§ 2. System of sounds 210 



§ 3. Grouping of sounds 212 



§ 4. Dialectic differences 213 



§ 5. Laws of euphony 213 



§ 6. Grammatical processes 215 



§§ 7-12. Ideas expressed by grammatical processes 215 



§ 7. Noun and verb 215 



§ 8. Composition 216 



§ 9. Classification of nouns 216 



§ 10. Personal pronouns 217 



§ 11. Demonstrative pronouns 217 



§ 12. Connectives 217 



§§ 13-34. Discussion of grammar 218 



§ 13. Formation of word complexes 218 



§ 14. First group: Instrumental verbal prefixes 219 



§ 15. Second group: Classifying nominal prefixes 227 



§§ 16-21. Third group: Principal predicative terms 235 



§ 16. Characterization of predicative terms 235 



§ 17. Stems in initial position 235 



§ 18. Stems in terminal position, first group ■ 237 



§ 19. Stems in terminal position, second group 238 



§ 20. Stems in terminal position, third group 240 



§ 21. Stems in terminal position, fourth group 243 



§ 22. Fourth group: Locative suffixes 244 



§§ 23-26. Syntactic treatment of the verbal theme 247 



§ 23. Temporal suffixes 247 



§ 24. Semi-temporal suffixes 250 



§ 25. Modal suffixes 250 



§ 26. L^^nclassified suffixes 254 



§ 27. Personal pronoun 256 



§ 28. Possession 257 



§ 29. Plurality and distribution 260 



§ 30. Demonstrative and interrogative pronouns 261 



§§ 31-33. Modifying stems 261 



§ 31. Connectives 261 



§ 32. Adverbs , 265 



§ 33. Interjections 266 



§ 34. Syntax 266 



§§ 35-39. Vocabulary 268 



§ 35. General remarks 268 



§ 36. Verb-stems 268 



§ 37. Numerals 270 



§ 38. Nominal stems 271 



§ 39. Plural stems 276 



Haida text (Skidegate dialect) 277 



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