Contents

Chapters in this book

1. Front Matter i
2. Contents v
3. Preface xiii
4. List of abbreviations xv
5. Introduction 1
6. 1 Phonology 13
7. 2 Inflection—nouns 51
8. 3 Inflection—verbs 73
9. 4 Derivation—nouns 99
10. 5 Derivation—Verb Finals 121
11. 6 Derivation—verb medials and concrete finals 165
12. 7 Derivation—denominalizations 189
13. 8 Derivation—reduplication 197
14. 9 Derivation—preverbs and verb initials 205
15. 10 Proclitics 233
16. 11 Usage—non-affirmative order 241
17. 12 Usage—imperatives and the imperative order 271
18. 13 Usage—conjunct order 285
19. 14 The Noun Phrase 301
20. 15 The verb phrase—particles 325
21. 16 The Verb Phrase—Noun-Verb Agreement 349
22. 17 The verb phrase—subordinate clauses 373
23. 18 Syntax—main clauses and sentence level 399
24. 19 Discourse-level features 431
25. 20 Numbers, counting, times, and dates 451
26. 21 Variation in arapaho 463
27. 22 Beyond grammar 471
28. Appendices 475
29. Verb tables 479
30. Bibliography 501
31. Index 505