OOI^TEl^TS 



1. Distribution and history 563 



§ 2-13. Phonetics 564 



§ 2. Vowels 564 



§ 3. Consonants 565 



§ 4. Phonetic laws 566 



§§ 5-6. Effects of accent 566 



§ 5. Vocalic changes 567 



§ 6. Consonantic changes 568 



§ 7. Laws of vocalic harmony 569 



§ 8. Consonantic assimilation 570 



§ 9. Vocalization of consonants 570 



§ 10. Vowel changes 570 



§ 11. Metathesis 570 



§ 12. Dieresis and contraction 571 



§ 13. Weakening and strengthening of consonants 571 



14. Grammatical processes 571 



15. Ideas expressed by grammatical processes 572 



§ 16-56. Discussion of grammar 575 



§§ 16-45. Syntactic words 575 



§ 16. Structure of syntactic words 575 



§ 17. Modal elements 577 



§ 18. Pronominal elements 580 



§ 19. The post-pronominal g 581 



§ 20. The third person dual 583 



§ 21. The third person plural 583 



§ 22. Pronouns of the transitive verb 584 



§ 23. Possessive pronoun 584 



§ 24. Elements expressing the possessive relation between subject and 



object 587 



§ 25. Adverbial prefixes 588 



§ 26. Directional prefixes 590 



§ 27. Verbal stems 592 



§§ 28-33. Suffixes 1 593 



§ 28. General remarks 593 



§ 29. Generic suffixes 593 



§ 30. Local suffixes 595 



§ 31. Semi-temporal suffixes 595 



§ 32. Temporal and semi-temporal suffixes 596 



§ 33. Terminal suffix 597 



§§ 34-43. The noun 597 



§ 34. Gender 597 



§ 35. Dual and plural 602 



§ 36. Secondary significance of gender 603 



§ 37. Gender of plural 603 



44877— Bull. 40, pt 1—10 36 561 



