<h1 style="text-align: center;">Contents</h1> <p style="margin-bottom: 4em"></p> [[Preface]] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . vii [[Introduction]] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 ### Part I - Historical Context [[Historical Background]] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 - [[Proto-Canidic]] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 - [[Old Canidic]] - [[Middle Canidic]] - [[Modern Canidic]] - [[The Purge and Its Consequences]] - [[Modern Scholarship]] [[Sources and Methodology]] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . - [[Contemporary Field Data]] ### Part II - Historical Linguistics [[Historical Phonology]] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . - [[]] - [[]] [[Historical Grammar]] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . - [[]] - [[]] ### Part III - Modern Canidic [[Phonology]] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . - [[]] - [[]] [[Orthography]] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . - [[]] - [[]] [[Grammar]] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . - [[]] - [[]] ### Part IV - Lexicon [[Canidic Dictionary]] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Part V - Appendices [[Cultural Context and Public Perception]] [[Sound Change Tables]] [[Comparative Grammar Tables]] [[Sample Texts]] [[Bibliography]]