TABLE OF CONTENTS
CHAPTER ONE
1.1 General Background
1.2 Historical Background
1.3 Geographical Location
1.4 Socio-cultural Background
1.5 Socio-Linguistic Background
1.6 Methodology
1.7 Phylo-Genetic Classification
1.8 Approaches to Morphological Analysis
1.8.1 Scope Of Study
1.8.2 Justification
1.9 Synopsis of Chapters
CHAPTER TWO
2.0 Introduction
2.1 Consonant Chart
2.1.1 Distinctive feature
2.1.2 Atsam Vowel Chart
2.1.3 Distinctive feature matrix
2.2 Tonal system in Atsam language
2.3 Syllable Structure
CHAPTER THREE
3.0 Introduction
3.1 Morphology
3.2 Types of Morpheme
3.2.1 Free Morphemes
3.2.2 Bound Morphemes
3.3 Function of Morphemes
3.3.1 Inflectional of Morphemes
3.3.2 Derivational function of morpheme
3.4 Atsam Language typology
3.5 Numerals
3.6 Principle morphemic Identification
CHAPTER FOUR
4.0 Introduction
4.1 Prefixation
4.1.1 Suffixation
4.1.2 Suprafix
4.1.3 Compounding