Mongolian -- Editorial page -- Title page -- LCC data -- Table of contents -- Preface -- Figures and tables -- Symbols and abbreviations -- Map -- 1. Introduction -- 1.1 The geographical context -- 1.2 The Mongolic language family -- 1.3 Common Mongolic -- 1.4 The literary languages -- 1.5 Dialectal division -- 1.6 The oral standards -- 1.7 The demographic situation -- 1.8 Interaction with other languages -- 1.9 The languages of Outer Mongolia -- 1.10 The languages of Inner Mongolia -- 1.11 Sources on Mongolian -- 1.12 Sources on Mongolic -- 2. Segmental structure -- 2.1 Orthographical systems -- 2.2 Principles of notation -- 2.3 The phonological framework -- 2.4 Basic consonants -- 2.5 Consonant phonetics -- 2.6 Basic vowels -- 2.7 Vowel neutralizations -- 2.8 Long monophthongs -- 2.9 Diphthongs -- 2.10 Vowels of non-initial syllables -- 2.11 Consonant palatalization -- 2.12 Vowel palatalization -- 2.13 Palatal breaking -- 2.14 The status of the palatal glide -- 2.15 The status of the labial glide -- 2.16 Velars and postvelars -- 2.17 Syllable-final nasals -- 3. Morpheme structure -- 3.1 Typological orientation -- 3.2 Parts of speech -- 3.3 Types of segmental alternations -- 3.4 Stem types -- 3.5 Nasal stems -- 3.6 The unstable nasal -- 3.7 The reduced vowel -- 3.8 Stable consonant clusters -- 3.9 Consonant phonotactics -- 3.10 Vowel harmony -- 3.11 Connective consonants -- 3.12 Connective vowels -- 3.13 Types of bound morphemes -- 3.14 Prosody and juncture -- 3.15 Phonological emphasis -- 4. Nominal morphology -- 4.1 Categories of nominal morphology -- 4.2 Nominal derivation -- 4.3 Plural marking -- 4.4 Generic rhymes -- 4.5 The case system -- 4.6 Case marking -- 4.7 Paradigms with the unstable nasal -- 4.8 Double declension -- 4.9 The marked nominative -- 4.10 Adjectival morphology -- 4.11 Alliterative particles -- 4.12 Spatial morphology.

4.13 Numeral morphology -- 4.14 Non-personal pronouns -- 4.15 Personal pronouns -- 4.16 Personal possessor marking -- 4.17 Reflexive possessor marking -- 5. Verbal morphology -- 5.1 Categories of verbal morphology -- 5.2 Verbal derivation -- 5.3 Voice marking -- 5.4 Modal markers -- 5.5 Tense-aspect markers -- 5.6 The nominalization of verbals -- 5.7 The converbialization of verbals -- 5.8 Quasiconverbs -- 5.9 Ambivalent non-finite forms -- 5.10 Auxiliaries -- 5.11 Defective verbs -- 5.12 Synthetic periphrastic forms -- 5.13 Negation marking on verbals -- 5.14 Interrogation marking on verbals -- 6. Phrasal syntax -- 6.1 Types of phrases -- 6.2 The basic nominal phrase -- 6.3 Binomes and appositions -- 6.4 Phrases with numeral headwords -- 6.5 Phrases with spatial headwords -- 6.6 Phrases with pronominal headwords -- 6.7 Phrases with adjectival headwords -- 6.8 Postpositional phrases -- 6.9 The basic verbal phrase -- 6.10 Object marking -- 6.11 Adverbial marking -- 6.12 Adverbal invariables -- 6.13 Complex verbal predicates -- 6.14 The syntax of clitics -- 6.15 Coordinating conjunctions -- 7. Clausal syntax -- 7.1 Types of clauses -- 7.2 The basic finite clause -- 7.3 The imperative clause -- 7.4 The nominal clause -- 7.5 The existential clause -- 7.6 Possessive constructions -- 7.7 Topicalization and topic marking -- 7.8 Finite tense and aspect -- 7.9 Evidentiality -- 7.10 Passivization -- 7.11 Causative constructions -- 7.12 The syntax of negation -- 7.13 The syntax of interrogation -- 7.14 Final particles -- 8. Complex sentences -- 8.1 Types of complex sentences -- 8.2 Coordination and subordination -- 8.3 Clausal modifiers -- 8.4 Predicative complements -- 8.5 Conjunct relativization -- 8.6 Disjunct relativization -- 8.7 Nominal relativization -- 8.8 Referative constructions -- 8.9 Conjunct serialization -- 8.10 Disjunct serialization.

8.11 Quotative constructions -- 8.12 Subordinating conjunctions -- 8.13 Discursive connectors -- Text sample -- Sample paradigms -- Chart of letters -- Bibliography -- Grammatical index.