Preface and Acknowledgments

Chapters in this book

1. Front Matter i
2. Contents vii
3. Figures and Maps xv
4. Preface and Acknowledgments xvii
5. Introduction xxi
6. Symbols and Abbreviations xxix
7. Phonology
8. Phonetic Phonemes: General Information and Data 3
9. Movement of the Stress 14
10. Distribution of Schwa 18
11. Internal Sandhi 26
12. Retracted Phonemes 29
13. Structure of Roots 32
14. Special Questions 36
15. Morphology
16. Introduction to Morphology 41
17. The Nominalizer s– 48
18. Stem-Forming Prefixes 50
19. Compounding 54
20. Reduplication 55
21. Interior Glottalization 67
22. Aspectual Suffixes 71
23. Lexical Suffixes 74
24. Abstract Suffixes 102
25. Reflexive and Reciprocal Suffixes 105
26. Intransitivizers and Transitivizers 107
27. Numerals and Numerical Substitutes 129
28. Verbal Substitutes 134
29. Summary of Stem Formation 137
30. Personal Affixation 142
31. Invariable Words: General Remarks 161
32. Personal Pronouns and Related Substitutes 162
33. Demonstrative Pronouns 168
34. Demonstrative Adverbs 171
35. Proper Nouns 178
36. Full-Word Conjunctions and Adverbs (Particles) 180
37. Sentence-Equivalents 186
38. Greetings, Exclamations, and Interjections 189
39. Articles 192
40. Enclitics 199
41. Proclitic Conjunctions 217
42. Prepositions 219
43. Syntax
44. Introduction to Syntax 225
45. Mono-Clausal Sentences 226
46. Multi-Clausal Sentences 233
47. Syntax: Special Questions 237
48. A Lillooet Text 245
49. Comparison of Lillooet Orthographies 251
50. Notes 253
51. Bibliography 269
52. Index 273
53. Books of Related Interest 281