Chapters in this book

1. Prelim pages i
2. Dedication v
3. Table of contents vii
4. Acknowledgments xv
5. List of maps and figures xvii
6. List of tables xix
7. Abbreviations and symbols xxi
8. Chapter 1. Introduction 1
9. Chapter 2. History and sociolinguistics of CPE 13
10. Chapter 3. Phonetics, phonology and orthography 31
11. Chapter 4. The lexicon 47
12. Chapter 5. The syntax of the noun phrase 79
13. Chapter 6. Pronouns 103
14. Chapter 7. Tense, mood, modality, aspect and negation 133
15. Chapter 8. The simple sentence 159
16. Chapter 9. Complex predicates 195
17. Chapter 10. The complex sentence 215
18. Chapter 11. Information structure 241
19. Chapter 12. Selected texts 263
20. Appendix: Participant data 283
21. References 293
22. Subject index 309