Introduction

Chapters in this book

1. Prelim pages i
2. Table of contents v
3. Symbols and abbreviations xi
4. Acknowledgments xiii
5. Introduction 1
6. Part 1
7. Chapter 1. The types of constructions and their origin 33
8. Chapter 2. The diachronic development from a two-unit to a one-unit construction 61
9. Part 2
10. Chapter 3. Relics as a syntactic category 95
11. Chapter 4. Heterogeneity 113
12. Chapter 5. Changing meaning of the NP-strategy constructions 151
13. Chapter 6. A comparative linguistics study of NP-strategy constructions 183
14. Part 3
15. Chapter 7. The basic meaning of the NP-strategy for expressing reciprocity 199
16. Chapter 8. Specifying the meaning of the NP-strategy through context 239
17. References 265
18. Language index 285
19. Subject index 289