Subject index

Chapters in this book

1. Prelim pages i
2. Table of contents v
3. map vii
4. Introduction ix
5. Part I. Diachrony, typology, and theory
6. Toward a diachronic typology of relative clause 3
7. The evolution of language and elaborateness of grammar 27
8. Some issues in the linking between syntax and semantics in relative clauses 47
9. Part II. Uto-Aztecan
10. Relative clauses and nominalizations in Yaqui 67
11. On relative clauses and related constructions in Yaqui 97
12. From demonstrative to relative marker to clause linker 127
13. Functional underpinnings of diachrony in relative clause formation 147
14. Part III. Elsewhere in the Americas
15. Clauses as noun modifiers in Toba (Guaycuruan) 173
16. Between headed and headless relative clauses 191
17. Relative clauses in Seri 213
18. Relative clauses in Gavião of Rondônia 243
19. Relative clauses in Yucatec Maya 253
20. Questionable relatives 269
21. Language and language family index 301
22. Name index 303
23. Subject index 305