Frontmatter -- TABLE OF CONTENTS -- FOREWORD -- ABBREVIATIONS - LITERATURE -- ABBREVIATIONS - GENERAL -- ABBREVIATIONS - BIBLICAL BOOKS -- 1. PRELIMINARIES -- 2. FEATURES OF EARLY SYRIAC -- 3. CONSONANTS -- 4. ASSIMILATION AND DISSIMILATION OF CONSONANTS -- 5. VOWELS -- 6. THE AUXILIARY VOWEL -- 7. VOWELS AND VOWEL QUANTITY -- 8. STRESS -- 9. APPENDIX: THE MODERN PRONUNCIATION OF THE WEST SYRIAC LITERARY LANGUAGE -- 10. APPENDIX: A SKETCH OF TUROYO PHONOLOGY -- BIBLIOGRAPHY