CONTENTS 



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1. Introduction 7 



§ 2-24. Phonology 8 



§ 2. Introductory 8 



§§ 3-11. Vowels 10 



§ 3. General remarks 10 



§ 4. System of vowels 10 



§ 5. Stress and pitch-accent 15 



§§ 6-11. Vocalic processes 22 



§ 6. Vowel hiatus 22 



§ 7. Dissimilation of w 24 



§ 8. /- umlaut 24 



§ 9. K-sounds preceded by w-vowels 27 



§ 10. Inorganic a 28 



§ 11. Simplification of double diphthongs 29 



§§ 12-24. Consonants 31 



§ 12. System of consonants 31 



§ 13. Final consonants 35 



§§ 14-17. Consonant combinations 36 



§ 14. General remarks 36 



§ 15. Initial combinations 36 



§ 16. Final combinations 38 



§ 17. Medial combinations, 39 



§§ 18-24. Consonant processes 41 



§ 18. Dropping of final consonants 41 



§ 19. Simplification of doubled consonants 42 



§ 20. Consonants before x 44 



§ 21. Dissimilation of n to Z and m 45 



§ 22. Catch dissimilation 47 



§ 23. Influence of place and kind of accent on manner of articula- 

 tion 48 



§ 24. Inorganic h 51 



} 25-115. Morphology 52 



§ 25. Introductory 52 



§§ 26-32. Grammatical processes 55 



§ 26. General remarks 55 



§ 27. Prefixation 55 



§ 28. Suffixation 56 



§ 29. Infixation 56 



§ 30. Reduplication 57 



§ 31. Vowel-ablaut 59 



§ 32. Consonant-ablaut 62 



§§ 33-83. I. The verb _ 63 



§ 33. Introductory 63 



§§ 34-38. 1. Verbal prefixes 64 



§34. General remarks 64 



§ 35. Incorporated nouns 66 



§ 36. Body-part prefixes 72 



§ 37. Local prefixes 86 



§ 38. Instrumental wa- 91 



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