Chapter 2: Why a transitive prototype?

Chapters in this book

1. Prelim pages i
2. Table of contents v
3. Preface ix
4. Chapter 1: Introduction 1
5. Chapter 2: Why a transitive prototype? 11
6. Chapter 3: Defining the transitive prototype: The Maximally Distinguished Arguments Hypothesis 27
7. Chapter 4: The Affected Agent 51
8. Chapter 5: Transitivity in verbs and clauses 85
9. Chapter 6: Ambitransitivity and indefinite object deletion 123
10. Chapter 7: Maximal semantic distinction in core case-marking 153
11. Chapter 8: Experiencers and the dative 185
12. Chapter 9: Beyond prototypical transitivity 209
13. Appendix: Nonstandard abbreviations in glosses 219
14. References 221
15. Author index 233
16. Language index 237
17. Subject index 239