EDITORIAL FOREWORD

pp.：  7 – 8

LIST OF FIGURES

pp.：  9 – 10

ABBREVIATIONS AND CONVENTIONS

pp.：  11 – 14

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

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CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION

pp.：  17 – 32

CHAPTER TWO PHONOLOGY AND ORTHOGRAPHY

pp.：  33 – 60

2.1 Vowels

pp.：  33 – 36

2.2 Consonants

pp.：  37 – 46

2.3 Syllables

pp.：  47 – 47

2.4 Native Lepcha orthography

pp.：  48 – 53

2.5 Romanisation and spelling

pp.：  54 – 60

CHAPTER THREE PARTS OF SPEECH

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3.1 Derivational affixes

pp.：  61 – 62

3.2 Gender-specific endings

pp.：  63 – 64

3.3 Compounding

pp.：  65 – 65

3.4 Reduplication

pp.：  66 – 65

3.5 Causative verbs

pp.：  66 – 68

CHAPTER FOUR NOMINAL MORPHOLOGY

pp.：  69 – 118

4.1 Number

pp.：  70 – 75

4.2 The definite and indefinite article

pp.：  76 – 81

4.3 Pronouns

pp.：  82 – 92

4.3.1 Personal pronouns

pp.：  82 – 83

4.3.2 Demonstrative pronouns

pp.：  84 – 87

4.3.3 Interrogative and relative pronouns

pp.：  88 – 89

4.3.4 Indefinite pronouns

pp.：  90 – 92

4.4 The ablative suffix

pp.：  93 – 94

4.5 The lative suffix

pp.：  95 – 97

4.6 The genitive and comitative suffixes

pp.：  98 – 102

4.7 The locative suffix

pp.：  103 – 104

4.8 The dative suffix

pp.：  105 – 107

4.9 Adjectives

pp.：  108 – 108

4.10 Comparative and superlative constructions

pp.：  109 – 109

4.11 Numerals

pp.：  110 – 114

4.12 Telling time

pp.：  115 – 118

CHAPTER FIVE VERBAL MORPHOLOGY

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5.1 Verb stems

pp.：  119 – 121

5.2 Permission, ability, opportunity, exigency

pp.：  122 – 125

5.3 Verbs ‘to be’

pp.：  126 – 127

5.4 Negation

pp.：  128 – 128

5.5 Gerund and the participle

pp.：  129 – 130

5.6 Infinitive

pp.：  131 – 132

5.7 Aorist

pp.：  133 – 134

5.8 Progressive tense

pp.：  135 – 135

5.9 Non-preterite tense

pp.：  136 – 136

5.10 The factitive marker with verbs

pp.：  137 – 137

5.11 Aktionsart auxiliaries

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5.11.1 The perfect auxiliary

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5.11.2 The resultative auxiliary

pp.：  139 – 139

5.11.3 The exhaustive auxiliary

pp.：  140 – 140

5.11.4 The completive auxiliary

pp.：  141 – 140

5.12 The locative suffix with verbs

pp.：  141 – 141

5.13 The ablative suffix with verbs

pp.：  142 – 146

CHAPTER SIX CLAUSE-FINAL PARTICLES, COORDINATION AND SUBORDINATION

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6.1 The request particle

pp.：  147 – 147

6.2 The authorative particle

pp.：  148 – 147

6.3 The dubitative particle

pp.：  148 – 148

6.4 The possibility particle

pp.：  149 – 148

6.5 The inferential particle

pp.：  149 – 150

6.6 The certainty particle

pp.：  151 – 151

6.7 The discovery particle

pp.：  152 – 152

6.8 The reported speech particles

pp.：  153 – 153

6.9 Coordination

pp.：  154 – 156

6.10 Subordination

pp.：  157 – 158

6.11 The factitive marker

pp.：  159 – 160

TEXT ONE THE MOUNTAIN DEVIL

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TEXT TWO THE STORY OF THE JACKAL

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TEXT THREE THE GREAT KING GYEBÚ

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TEXT FOUR TWO LEPCHA GIRLS

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TEXT FIVE THE LEGENDARY MÂNSALÓNG

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TEXT SIX ZÓNGGÚ

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GLOSSARY

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BIBLIOGRAPHY

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INDEX

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