Index

Chapters in this book

1. Prelim pages i
2. Table of contents v
3. Preface xi
4. Acknowledgment to reviewers xv
5. List of contributors xvii
6. Introduction 1
7. From light noun to nominalizer and more 61
8. On the polyfunctionality and grammaticalization of the morpheme kai in the Chaozhou dialect 109
9. The Cantonese ge3 125
10. On gerundive nominalization in Mandarin and Cantonese 147
11. Nominalization in Tibeto-Burman languages of the Himalayan area 163
12. Aspects of the historical development of nominalizers in the Tamangic languages 195
13. Innovation in nominalization in Magar 215
14. Nominalization and nominalization-based constructions in Galo 255
15. Nominalization in Numhpuk Singpho 289
16. Nominalization in Nuosu Yi 313
17. Finite structures from clausal nominalization in Tibeto-Burman 343
18. Linker, relativizer, nominalizer, tense-particle 363
19. Nominalization and stance marking in Korean 393
20. A case of non-derived stand-alone nominalization 423
21. Nominalization in Okinawan 445
22. Versatility of nominalizations 473
23. The functions of - an and = ay in Kavalan 499
24. Clausal nominalization in Budai Rukai 523
25. Nominalization in Saisiyat 561
26. Rise and fall of referentiality 589
27. Referential and non-referential uses of nominalization constructions in Malay 627
28. Expressing exclamatives in Malagasy 659
29. Nominalizations in Toqabaqita and closely related languages 685
30. Exclamatives and temporal nominalizations in Austronesian 721
31. Discourse-structuring functions of Abui demonstratives 757
32. Index 789
33. Language index 795