comparative 101, 104, 316, 320, 345
complementary distribution 72, 84
complementary pairs 26, 149
complement clause constructions 285
complementizers 133, 134, 135
complements 5.3.2; 107, 109
completive 263, 342, 345
complex clauses, sentences 5.8.3; 137, 138
compliments 169, 199
composition 2.7.4; 35, 36, 39, 41, 163
compound-complex sentences 138
compounds 25, 35, 39, 43, 163, 167, 301,
321
compound sentences 138
conative function see directive function
concept(ual) or thematic dictionary see
thesauruses
conceptual gap 291
concord 4, 111, 260, 264, 286, 287, 331, 335
grammatical 111
notional 111
by proximity 112
concordance 27
conditionals 114, 116, 125, 126, 140, 340,
341
conjoined clauses 128
conjunctions 5.1.7, 12.3.3; 87, 98, 105, 110,
127, 138, 139, 151, 287, 289, 337, 345
conjuncts 104, 139
connectivity, connexity continuity 145
connectors, connectives 5.3.5; 110, 151
connotations 25, 210
consonants 4.3; 67, 69, 270, 271, 273, 274,
275, 276, 277, 298, 299, 312, 319, 323
affricates 70, 71, 74, 243, 246, 257, 275,
332
/t
ʃ/ 70, 71, 261, 345
/d
/ 70, 71, 323, 344
change 4.3.4; 74
clusters 320, 324, 329, 333, 334, 339
fricatives 70, 71
/f/ 71, 327, 332, 335, 344, initial /f/ 255
/v/ 71, 261, 270, 312, 327, 332
/
θ/ 74, 237, 243, 246, 247, 261, 270, 321,
322, 327, 332, 337
/
ð/ 69, 73, 74, 237, 243, 246, 247, 255,
261, 270, 323, 327, 332, 337
<th> 258
/s/ 247, 344, initial /s/ 255
/
ʃ/ 73, 261, 344
/
/ 73, 323
/x/ 69, 237, 238, 243
[ç] 75
harmony 243
lateral 73
/l/ 69, 70, 72, 74, 228, 229, 231, 238, 243,
246, 252, 255, 257, 263, 270, 274, 299,
305, 323
clear and dark /l/ 69
nasals 70, 72, 73, 77
/m/ 70, 73
/n/ 69, 70, 73
/
ŋ/ 70, 72, 73
/
/ 72
obstruents 70, 71, 73
retroflex 273, 274, 312, 327
semi-vowels 67, 69, 72, 73, 81
/j/ 69, 72, 247, 252, 253, 256, 257, 275
/r/ 69, 72, 74, 80, 231, 239, 247, 252,
255, 273, 274, 310, 323
/w/ 69, 72, 238, 241, 243, 253, 273, 312,
327, 332
stops 68, 70, 71, 334, 337
/p/ 323, 332, 335, 345
/b/ 344
/t/ 80, 247, 252, 253, 323, 327, 335;
see also intervocalic /t/
/d/ 327, 335
/k/ 324, 337, 243
/g/ 243
/
ʔ/ 72, 74, 85, 231, 238, 246, 247, 298,
305, 332
voiceless vowels:
/h/ 69, 70, 74, 228, 255, 257; see also
H-dropping
/hj/ 75
/hw/ 69, 72, 74, 237, 238, 241, 253, 273
consuetudinal see habitual aspect
context 174
continuative perfect 117, 121
continuity see connectivity
continuous see progressive
continuum 11.6; 237, 250, 267, 303, 338, 341,
342, 343, 348
contra 180, 181
contractions 16
contrafactual 114, 125, 126
contrast see opposition
contrastive stress 86, 123
conventions 158
convergence 344
conversation 16, 152, 168, 176, 184, 193, 200;
see also discourse
conversational maxims 7.2.2; 172, 187
conversational phases 174
converses 26
conversion 36; see also shifts
cooperative principle 172, 173
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