Table of contents

Chapters in this book

1. Prelim pages i
2. Table of contents v
3. Preface vii
4. Discourse structuring and typology 1
5. Nilo-Saharan
6. Aspect and thematic clause combining in Maa (Nilotic) 23
7. Isolate
8. Main event line structure and aspect in Sandawe narratives 53
9. Afro-Asiatic
10. The functions of Non-Final verbs and their aspectual categories in Northern Mao (Omotic) narrative 81
11. Aspect-Mood and discourse in Kabyle (Berber) spoken narratives 117
12. Niger-Congo
13. The roles of Dissociative and (Non-)Completive morphology in structuring Totela (Bantu) narratives 145
14. Narrative uses of the U̱t-Ma'in (Kainji) Bare Verb form 219
15. Rethinking narrative tenses based on data from Nalu (Atlantic) and Yeyi (Bantu) 177
16. The Factative and the Perfective-Inchoative in Cuurammã (Turka, Gur) 249
17. Aspectual and storyline tension in Emai’s (Edoid) narrative template 287
18. Topic Index 315
19. Language Index 321