History of Cathay

Acknowledgements Note on transcription Abbreviations INTRODUCTION I. THE TĀRĪKH-I KHATĀ'Ī IN PERSIAN AND TURKISH HISTORICAL SORUCES II. THE TÜRK 'ACÄMĪ LITERARY LANGUAGE Terminology Classification The emergence of Türk 'Acämī and its causes The style of the Tārīkh-i Khatā'ī III. ORTHOGRAPHY AND PHONOLOGY Vowels Vowel harmony The vocalism of suffixes Consonants Sound changes IV. MORPHOLOGY AND RELATED SYNTAX Derivational suffixes Inflectional suffixes of nouns Number Possessive suffixes Cases Pronouns Numerals Qualifiers Postpositions Conjugational suffixes of verbs Auxiliary verbs Verbal nouns Gerunds V. SENTENCE STRUCTURE The subject The predicate The simple sentence The compound sentence The complex sentence CONCLUSION TĀRĪKH-I KHATĀ'Ī: TRANSCRIPTION TRANSLATION BIBLIOGRAPHY