Case Studies from Austronesia, the Pacific, the Americas, and Theoretical Outlook.

Intro -- Contents -- Leipzig Questionnaire on valency classes -- Part II: Case Studies (cont.) -- Austronesia and the Pacific -- 22 Balinese valency classes -- 23 Valency classes in Jakarta Indonesian -- 24 Case frames in Sri Lanka Malay -- 25 Valency classes in Xârâcùù (New Caledonia) -- 26 Valency in Nen -- 27 Complex verbs, simple alternations: valency and verb classes in Jaminjung -- Americas -- 28 Valency classes in Central Alaskan Yupik, an Eskimoan language -- 29 Transitivity in Ojibwe -- 30 Valency Classes in Hoocak? (Ho-Chunk) -- 31 Valency classes in Sliammon Salish~1~ -- 32 Valency classes in Yaqui -- 33 Valency classes in Zenzontepec Chatino -- 34 Valency classes in Yucatec Maya -- 35 Valency classes in Bora -- 36 Valency classes in Mapudungun -- Part III: Theoretical Outlook -- 37 Situation types, valency frames and operations -- 38 The hierarchy of two-place predicates: its limitations and uses -- 39 Verb classes within and across languages -- 40 Verb classes and valency alternations (NSM approach), with special reference to English physical activity verbs -- Language index -- Subject index.

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