Functional-Historical Approaches to Explanation

• Introduction | pp. ix–viii
• Part I. Typological studies
• Non-aprioristic typology as a discovery tool
  Zygmunt Frajzyngier | pp. 3–26
• Chorophorics, or the difference between place as an entity and place as a position in space
  Claude Hagège | pp. 27–42
• On the diachrony of the ‘Ethical Dative’
  T. Givón | pp. 43–66
• Part II. Contributions to historical linguistics
• Biactantial agreement in the Gongduk transitive verb in the broader Tibeto-Burman context
  George L. van Driem | pp. 69–82
• The dinguist’s dilemma: Regular and sporadic l/d interchange in Sino-Tibetan and elsewhere
  James A. Matisoff | pp. 83–104
• Part III. TAME and case alignment
• Person-sensitive TAME marking in Galo: Historical origins and functional motivation
  Mark W. Post | pp. 107–130
• Agent case marking in Sahaptian
  Virginia Beavert and Joana Jansen | pp. 131–152
• Part IV. Multi-clause constructions
• The Kurtöp -si construction: Converbs, clause-chains and verb serialization
  Gwendolyn Hyslop | pp. 155–178
• Verb serialization in Ede from a diachronic perspective
  Tam Nguyen | pp. 179–194
• Tense-aspect morphology from nominalizers in Newar
  Carol Genetti | pp. 195–220
• Part V. Functional motivation and extension
• Predicting reference form: A Pear Story Study of information status, thematic role and animacy in Meithei (Manipuri, Meiteiron)
  Shobhana L. Chelliah | pp. 223–236
• Causation as “functional sink” in Northern Paiute
  Tim Thornes | pp. 237–258
• The challenge of Maa ‘Away’
  Doris L. Payne | pp. 259–282
• Name index | pp. 283–286
• Language index | pp. 287–290
• Subject index | pp. 291–294

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Frajzyngier, Zygmunt & Amina Mettouchi

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