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Index
Praise for David J. Peterson
About the Author
Title Page
Copyright
Dedication
Contents
Introduction
CHAPTER I: Sounds
INTRODUCTION
PHONETICS
ORAL PHYSIOLOGY
CONSONANTS
VOWELS
PHONOLOGY
SOUND SYSTEMS
PHONOTACTICS
ALLOPHONY
INTONATION
PRAGMATIC INTONATION
STRESS
TONE
CONTOUR TONE LANGUAGES
REGISTER TONE LANGUAGES
SIGN LANGUAGE ARTICULATION
ALIEN SOUND SYSTEMS
CASE STUDY: The Sound of Dothraki
CHAPTER II: Words
INTRODUCTION
KEY CONCEPTS
ALLOMORPHY
NOMINAL INFLECTION
NOMINAL NUMBER
GRAMMATICAL GENDER
NOUN CASE
NOMINAL INFLECTION EXPONENCE
VERBAL INFLECTION
AGREEMENT
TENSE, MODALITY, ASPECT
VALENCY
WORD ORDER
DERIVATION
CASE STUDY: Irathient Nouns
CHAPTER III: Evolution
INTRODUCTION
PHONOLOGICAL EVOLUTION
LEXICAL EVOLUTION
GRAMMATICAL EVOLUTION
CASE STUDY: High Valyrian Verbs
CHAPTER IV: The Written Word
INTRODUCTION
ORTHOGRAPHY
TYPES OF ORTHOGRAPHIES
ALPHABET
ABJAD
ABUGIDA
SYLLABARY
COMPLEX SYSTEMS
USING A SYSTEM
DRAFTING A PROTO-SYSTEM
EVOLVING A MODERN SYSTEM
TYPOGRAPHY
CASE STUDY: The Evolution of the Castithan Writing System
Postscript
Acknowledgments
Phrase Books
Dothraki Phrase Book
High Valyrian Phrase Book
Shiväisith Phrase Book
Castithan Phrase Book
Irathient Phrase Book
Indojisnen Phrase Book
Kamakawi Phrase Book
Væyne Zaanics Phrase Book
Glossary
Index
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