Preface |
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Acknowledgements |
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Part I The language and its dialects |
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1 | (10) |
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Cultural, literary and linguistic background |
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3 | (6) |
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9 | (2) |
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Part II Alphabet, pronunciation and stress |
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11 | (22) |
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13 | (4) |
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17 | (14) |
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19 | (10) |
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Voiced and unvoiced consonants |
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19 | (1) |
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20 | (1) |
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Consonantal assimilations |
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21 | (1) |
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22 | (1) |
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23 | (1) |
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24 | (1) |
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25 | (2) |
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Effects of e/e and i on k/k, r/g and x/h |
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27 | (2) |
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29 | (2) |
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29 | (1) |
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29 | (2) |
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31 | (2) |
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31 | (1) |
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32 | (1) |
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32 | (1) |
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33 | (264) |
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35 | (70) |
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Infinitives -- classification |
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37 | (2) |
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Infinitive and present tense stems |
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39 | (11) |
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41 | (1) |
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42 | (6) |
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48 | (2) |
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Types of verbs and aspects |
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50 | (8) |
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Transitive and intransitive verbs |
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50 | (1) |
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Imperfective and perfective verbs |
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51 | (7) |
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58 | (6) |
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Formation of the present tense and its use |
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58 | (5) |
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The negative present tense |
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63 | (1) |
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The interrogative present |
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63 | (1) |
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The negative interrogative present tense |
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64 | (1) |
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Past tense (perfect tense) |
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64 | (7) |
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Formation of the perfect tense and its use |
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64 | (5) |
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The negative perfect tense |
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69 | (1) |
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The interrogative perfect tense |
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70 | (1) |
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The negative interrogative perfect tense |
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70 | (1) |
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71 | (4) |
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Formation of the future tense and its use |
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71 | (2) |
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73 | (1) |
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74 | (1) |
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The negative interrogative future |
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75 | (1) |
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75 | (6) |
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Formation of the aorist tense and its use |
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76 | (4) |
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80 | (1) |
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80 | (1) |
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The negative interrogative aorist |
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81 | (1) |
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81 | (1) |
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81 | (1) |
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Formation of the future II |
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82 | (1) |
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82 | (5) |
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82 | (1) |
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Formation of the conditional |
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83 | (4) |
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87 | (3) |
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87 | (1) |
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Formation of the imperative |
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88 | (2) |
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90 | (1) |
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91 | (1) |
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92 | (1) |
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Formation of the interrogative |
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93 | (2) |
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Formation of the negative |
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95 | (4) |
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Present perfective aspect of biti |
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99 | (1) |
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99 | (2) |
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101 | (4) |
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105 | (73) |
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105 | (6) |
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111 | (1) |
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112 | (40) |
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115 | (2) |
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117 | (9) |
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126 | (7) |
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133 | (7) |
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140 | (2) |
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142 | (4) |
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146 | (6) |
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152 | (26) |
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Masculine and neuter nouns |
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153 | (9) |
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Feminine and masculine nouns ending in -a and the noun mati |
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162 | (6) |
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Feminine nouns ending in a consonant, in -o, -oct/ost or -ad, and the noun kci |
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168 | (5) |
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Declension of irregular nouns |
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173 | (5) |
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178 | (23) |
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180 | (6) |
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Declension of personal pronouns |
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181 | (2) |
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Stressed personal pronouns |
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183 | (1) |
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Unstressed personal pronouns |
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184 | (1) |
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Order of unstressed personal pronouns |
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185 | (1) |
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186 | (2) |
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188 | (4) |
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192 | (3) |
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195 | (2) |
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197 | (2) |
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199 | (2) |
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201 | (22) |
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Classification of adjectives |
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203 | (2) |
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205 | (2) |
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207 | (3) |
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210 | (2) |
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212 | (2) |
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214 | (2) |
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216 | (1) |
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217 | (6) |
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The active past participle |
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217 | (1) |
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Formation of the active past participle |
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218 | (2) |
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220 | (1) |
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Formation of the passive past participle |
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220 | (3) |
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223 | (10) |
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Substantival (nominal) adverbs |
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224 | (2) |
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226 | (1) |
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226 | (3) |
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229 | (4) |
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The present verbal adverb |
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229 | (2) |
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231 | (2) |
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233 | (7) |
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234 | (1) |
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235 | (1) |
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235 | (1) |
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Prepositions through the cases |
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236 | (4) |
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240 | (9) |
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Coordinating conjunctions |
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240 | (3) |
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Subordinating conjunctions |
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243 | (3) |
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Differences in usages of sto and koji |
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246 | (3) |
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249 | (6) |
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Order and importance of enclitics |
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250 | (5) |
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255 | (27) |
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Cardinal numbers and their declension |
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255 | (10) |
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258 | (2) |
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Numerals two, three, four and the numeral `both' |
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260 | (3) |
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Numerals five, six, seven and onwards |
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263 | (2) |
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Ordinal numbers and their declension |
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265 | (2) |
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Fractions and decimal numbers |
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267 | (1) |
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268 | (1) |
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269 | (1) |
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270 | (1) |
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270 | (1) |
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271 | (1) |
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271 | (1) |
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272 | (1) |
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273 | (1) |
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274 | (4) |
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278 | (4) |
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278 | (2) |
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Time-related words and expressions |
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280 | (2) |
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282 | (6) |
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282 | (6) |
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282 | (2) |
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284 | (1) |
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Countable and uncountable quantifiers |
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285 | (3) |
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288 | (5) |
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288 | (1) |
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Demonstrative determiners |
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289 | (1) |
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290 | (1) |
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Interrogative determiners |
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291 | (1) |
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291 | (2) |
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Particles, conjunctions and exclamations |
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293 | (4) |
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Part IV Sentence elements and structure |
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297 | (19) |
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299 | (4) |
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299 | (2) |
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301 | (2) |
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303 | (4) |
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303 | (1) |
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303 | (3) |
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306 | (1) |
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306 | (1) |
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307 | (9) |
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308 | (2) |
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310 | (6) |
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310 | (4) |
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314 | (2) |
Bibliography |
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316 | (1) |
Index |
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