List of Illustrations
List of Tables
Preface
Acknowledgments
Introduction
List of Abbreviations
1. Phonology
Orthography
Atakapa Phonemes
Accent
Phonetic Processes
Active Phonological Processes
2. The Verb and Verbal Morphology
Aorist Mode
Preterite Mode
Dubitative Mode
Future Mode
Progressive Mode
Subordinate Mode
Gerund
Participle
Stative Verbs
Negation
Aspect Suffixes
Verbal Prefixes
Adjectives
Adverbs
Comparison of Adjectives
Verbal Derivational Processes
Verb Pluralization
Suppletion
3. Nouns and Nominal Morphology
Animacy
Mass Status
Ordering of Nominal Morphology
Nominal Cases
Noun Pluralization
Noun Possession
Pronouns
Deictics
Postpositions
Numerals
Noun Formation
4. Syntax
Ergativity
Fluid-S Marking
Word Order
Locative Compounds
Focus
Clausal Complements
Conjunction and Disjunction
Omitted Inflection in Coordinate Contexts
Relative Clause Equivalents
Interrogative Sentences
Idiomatic Expressions
5. Texts
Text 1: Cultural and Historical Topics
Text 2: The Skin-Desirer
Text 3: Treatment of the Heads of Infants
Text 4: Form Letter
Text 5: Biographical Sketch of Kišmok
Text 6: Notes on the Family of Tottokš
Text 7: Traditional Treatment of Disease
Text 8: Traditional Burial Practices
Text 9: A Fight among Black People in Lake Charles
Yukhíti–English Vocabulary
Appendix 1: Hiyékiti (Eastern Atakapa)–English Vocabulary
Appendix 2: Orkokisak (Western Atakapa)–English Vocabulary
Appendix 3: Yukhíti Kinship Terminology
References
Index