Chapter I: Sounds. Phonetics ; Oral physiology ; Consonants ; Vowels ; Phonology ; Sound systems ; Phonotactics ; Allophony ; Intonation ; Pragmatic intonation ; Stress ; Tone ; Contour tone languages ; Register tone languages ; Sign language ; Articulation ; Alien sound systems
Case study: The sound of Dothraki
Chapter II: Words. Key concepts ; Allomorphy ; Nominal inflection ; Nominal number ; Grammatical gender ; Noun case ; Nominal inflection exponence ; Verbal inflection ; Agreement ; Tense, modality, aspect ; Valency ; Word order ; Derivation
Case study: Irathient nouns
Chapter III: Evolution. Phonological evolution ; Lexical evolution ; Grammatical evolution
Case study: High Valyrian verbs
Chapter IV: Phrases. Clause interaction ; Questions ; Negation ; Relative clauses ; Pragmatics notes
Case study: Engála negation
Chapter V: The written word. Orthography ; Types of orthographies ; Alphabet ; Abjad ; Abugida ; Syllabary ; Complex systems ; Using a system ; Drafting a proto-system ; Evolving a modern system ; Typography
Case study: The evolution of the Castithan writing system
Phrase books. Dothraki ; High Valyrian ; Shiväisith ; Castithan ; Irathient ; Indojisnen ; Kamakawi ; Væyne ; Zaanics ; Sondiv ; Trigedasleng ; Méníshè ; Ravkan ; Chakobsa ; Engála.
