Preface

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. Preface VII
3. Contents XIII
4. The joys and challenges of contact effects without substance 1
5. Causatives and contacts in Chabacano 21
6. What is heritage language research good for? A critical discussion, with examples from Turkish language contacts 41
7. Remodeling inflectional classes: Strong and weak verbs in Walser German 63
8. The convergence of Nalik with Tok Pisin: Two languages becoming one linguistic repertoire 93
9. A Kwadi perspective on Khoe juncture-verb constructions 117
10. Out of our minds and onto the paper: On the morphological complexity of configurational spatial relations 147
11. Aspectual head/dependent marking in relation to verb/satellite framing 199
12. The origin of agent markers – Metaphors underlying the extension of spatial prepositions in European languages 243
13. Paolo Ramat What(ever) will be, will be 265
14. Uilta (Orok) attributive adjective order: Grammar, text, typology 275
15. Roots and root classes in comparative grammar 307
16. Taf x’naf? A closer look at stative verbs in Maltese 325
17. Tabula gratulatoria 349
18. Language index 351
19. Subject index 355