Ye Merrye Conlangre: Sample Grammar Outlines

I. Studies in Uto-Aztecan Grammar

This is the general outline for the series of grammars in Studies in Uto-Aztecan Grammar, vols 1--4, published by the Summer Institute of Linguistics. The bold-face indicates which titles were actual sections in the texts; the others show how the sections are organized into larger units.
  1. Introduction
  2. Phonology
  3. Syntax of Simple Sentences
    1. Basic Sentence Structure
    2. Particles and Clitics
    3. Special Sentence Types
      1. BE / HAVE / DO
      2. Non-Distinct Argument Phenomena
      3. Questions
      4. Imperatives
  4. Derivational Morphology
    1. Noun Morphology
    2. Verb Morphology
    3. Adjective Morphology
    4. Compounds
  5. Nominal Constituents
    1. Noun Inflection
      1. Basic Inflectional Elements
      2. Possessives
      3. Postpositions
    2. Noun Modifiers
      1. Demonstratives
      2. Adverbial Demonstratives
      3. Quantifiers
      4. Numerals
      5. Adjectives
      6. Comparatives
    3. Pronouns
      1. Indefinite Pronouns
      2. Definite Pronouns
  6. Verbs
    1. Stems
    2. Incorporation
    3. Syntactic Marking
    4. Non-Syntactic Affixation
    5. Overall Verb Structure
  7. Complex Sentences
    1. Coordination
    2. Subordination
      1. Complement Clauses
      2. Embedded Questions
      3. Relative Clauses
      4. Adverbial Clauses
  8. Texts

II. Warembori

The table of contents from Warembori by Mark Donohue, ( Languages of the World/Materials 341, Lincom Europa 1999).
  1. Introduction
    1. The language and its speakers
    2. History and social structure
    3. Environment and economic life
    4. The future
    5. Previous work
    6. Current work
  2. Phonology
    1. Basic phonemes
    2. Automatic processes
    3. Unusual features
    4. Phonotactics
    5. Orthography employed
  3. Major grammatical patterns
    1. Basic clause structure
    2. The indicative
    3. Verbal agreement
    4. Noun phrases
    5. Complex constructions
  4. Clause types
    1. Non-verbal clauses
    2. Verbal clauses
    3. Interrogative clauses
    4. Negation
  5. Pragmatic and syntactic variation
    1. Fronting
    2. Restructuring
      1. Applicatives
      2. External possession
  6. Word classes
    1. Open word classes
    2. Closed word classes
      1. Pronouns
      2. Prepositions
      3. Demonstratives
  7. Noun phrases and oblique arguments
    1. Basic structure
    2. The use of the indicative suffixes
    3. The position of adjectives
    4. Other modification
      1. Relative clauses
      2. Numerals
      3. Oblique phrases
    5. Obliqueness
      1. Temporal adverbs
      2. Directional and manner obliques
      3. Preferred structure
  8. Possession
    1. Bound possessive markers
    2. Alienable vs. inalienable possession
  9. Basic verbs
    1. Subject agreement classes
    2. Verb final position: options
    3. Object agreement
    4. No overt object
    5. Aspect
    6. Direction
    7. Negation
    8. Sequential action
  10. Valency increasing
    1. Applicatives
    2. Causation
    3. External possession
  11. Serial verbs and complex predicates
    1. Contiguous serialisation
    2. Non-contiguous serialisation
    3. Serialisation with a quantifier
    4. Valency reduction
      1. Reflexives and emphatic subject
      2. Reciprocals
  12. Undergoer in intransitive verbs
    1. Cross-linguistic view: the options
    2. The `well-behaved' verbs
    3. External force verbs
    4. Double-marked verbs
    5. Body part experiencer
  13. Incorporation
    1. Habitual incorporation
    2. Post-verbal incorporation
    3. Incorporation and applicatives
  14. Complex sentences
    1. Conjunction
    2. Subordination
    3. Wanting, thinking
    4. Commands
    5. Questions
  15. Wordlist
  16. Textual style
  17. Text
  18. References
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