62 PROCEEDINGS OF THE CANADIAN INSTITUTE. 



D into TH, p into b. b into F or v, g into k, k into /, or, inversely,, 

 aspirate into medial, medial into thin ; at different periods or in 

 connate words of different dialects of the same laneuasre. 



(b.) Are roots monosyllabic or polysyllabic ; what |)art particles 

 play in the formation of words and whether and to what extent re- 

 duplication is used as a means of compounding ? 



(c.) Whether the language is agglutinative or inflexive ; if inflexive, 

 how 1 Examples of formations. 



Grammatical 



(d.) The parts of speech which aduiit of gender, number, case; their 

 formation, kinds, i^e.g. animate or inaminate) with examples or 

 paradigms. Do non-verbal adjectives obtain ; if so, do they admit of 

 inflexions] The classes of pronouns in use. Are personal pronouns 

 distinct from, infixed in, jirefixed or suffixed to the verb 1 



(e.) Conjugations, forms (negative and affirmative) voices, moods, 

 tenses, numbers, persons of the verb; the position which its radical, 

 personal and modal elements take ; the extent and purpose to and for 

 which participles are used ; adverbial forms how derived ; whether 

 the reduplicative, initiative and final elements of the verb are infixed 

 in, prefixed or suffixed to it, separated from it or altogether absent. 



Syntactic and General. 



(f.) What regular place (if any) each word or part of sjjeech 

 occupies in a sentence 1 



[g.) Is the verb the predominant element in the language? Do 

 nouns and verbs expressive of collectivity or abstract qualities obtain 1 

 Examples. 



[h.) Do fine distinctions abound in the language or are they want- 

 ing I A list of idiomatic peculiarities. 



{i.) A list of simple numerals, names of days, moons, feasts, 

 common plants and vegetables, animals, articles in general use, the 

 more evident planets, for comparative purposes in tracing the relation- 

 ship of languages and migrations of peoples. 



[k.) Contributions to the folk- or myth-lore of the Indian tribes. 



(I. ) Sign language and mode of telegraphing. 



