作者：周晨磊
出版社： Routledge.
       
This book is a grammar of Zhoutun, a Chinese variety spoken in Guide County, Qinghai Province, and hugely influenced by Amdo Tibetan. This book is divided into seven parts. Chapter 1 is an introduction. Chapter 2 discusses the phonology. Chapter 3 deals with nouns and noun phrases, in which word formation, number, case relations, and referentiality are discussed. Chapter 4 is concerning about verbs and verb phrases. Aspect, modality, serial verb construction, verb-complement constructions, valence changing, possession, and existence are involved in this chapter. Chapter 5 discusses adjectives and adverbs. The minor word classes, including pronouns, demonstratives, interrogative words, numerals, classifiers, final particles, adpositions, and coordinators, are introduced in Chapter 6. Chapter 7 concerns clause structure, in which word order, ditransitive constructions, copula clauses, comparative clauses, imperative clauses, interrogative clauses, subordinate clauses, and topic structure are discussed.

Table of contents :

Chapter 1: Introduction （引言）
Chapter 2: Phonology   （音系）
Chapter 3: Nouns and noun phrases（名词及名词短语）    
Chapter 4: Verbs and verb phrases（动词及动词短语）
Chapter 5: Adjectives and adverbs （形容词和副词） 
Chapter 6: Minor word classes    （次要词类）
Chapter 7: Clause structure （小句结构）