A Grammar of Kurtöp

Contents
Acknowledgements
List of Figures, Illustrations, and Tables
Chapter 1 Introduction
	1.1 The Name of the Language
	1.2 The Kurtöp Language Area
	1.3 The Speech Community
	1.4 Historical Development of the Language
	1.5 Methodology
Chapter 2 Contrastive Phonology
	2.1 Consonant Phonemes
	2.2 Complex Onsets
	2.3 Codas
	2.4 Vowel Phonemes
	2.5 Suprasegmental Features
	2.6 Orthography
Chapter 3 Non-contrastive Phonology
	3.1 Syllable Shape
	3.2 Word-level Stress
	3.3 Morphophonological Alternations
	3.4 Phonological Words
Chapter 4 Word Classes and Word-formation Processes
	4.1 Nouns
	4.2 Numerals
	4.3 Verbs
	4.4 Adjectives
	4.5 Adverbs
	4.6 Smaller Elements
	4.7 Affixation
	4.8 Compounding
	4.9 Reduplication
Chapter 5 Lexicon
Chapter 6 Syntactic Overview
	6.1 Word Order
	6.2 Typological Profile
	6.3 Alignment
	6.4 Sentence Types
Chapter 7 The Noun Phrase
	7.1 Determiners
	7.2 Genitive Phrases
	7.3 Nouns
	7.4 Quasi-nominal Suffix
	7.5 Post-head Modifiers
	7.6 Phrasal Clitics
Chapter 8 Post-head Nominal Modifiers
	8.1 Adjectives
	8.2 Quantifiers
	8.3 Possible Classifier Genesis
	8.4 Particles
	8.5 Comparisons
Chapter 9 Proforms
	9.1 Personal Pronouns
	9.2 Deictic Demonstratives
	9.3 Question Words
Chapter 10 Case-Marking
	10.1 Case Marking on A and S Arguments
	10.2 Case Marking on O Arguments
Chapter 11 The Verbal Complex
	11.1 Clause Types
	11.2 Verbs
	11.3 Verbal Affixes
	11.4 Verbal Clitics
	11.5 Verbal Particles
Chapter 12 Copulas and Non-verbal Predication
	12.1 Verbal Copulas
	12.2 Copular Particles
	12.3 Functional Properties of the Copulas
	12.4 Copulas in Main Clause Grammar
Chapter 13 Nominalization
	13.1 Derivational Nominalization
	13.2 Clausal Nominalization
	13.3 The Role of Nominalizaton in the Development of Main Clause Grammar
Chapter 14 Tense/Aspect
	14.1 Tense
	14.2 Aspect
	14.3 Summary
Chapter 15 Evidentiality, Mirativity, and Related Categories
	15.1 Perfective Aspect
	15.2 Imperfective Aspect
	15.3 Copulas
	15.4 Particles and Clitics
	15.5 Putting it Together
Chapter 16 Multi-clause Constructions
	16.1 Relative Clauses
	16.2 Complement Clauses
	16.3 Adverbial Clauses
	16.4 Clause-chaining and Serial Verbs
Chapter 17 Negation and Non-declarative Speech Acts
	17.1 Negation
	17.2 Imperatives
	17.3 Question Formation
Chapter 18 Rhetorical Devices
	18.1 tshe
	18.2 Exclamations
	18.3 Syntactic Constructions
References
Appendices
	Appendix A: Texts
		The Origins of Dungkar Chöje
		Sormi Threngwa
		Santa Barbara Conversation
	Appendix B: Abbreviations and Typological Features
	Appendix C: A Guide to the Examples
	Appendix D: Database of Recordings and Speakers from which Examples are drawn
Index