Contents

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. Contents V
3. List of Tables XVIII
4. Content Online Supplement XX
5. Acknowledgements XXI
6. Preface XXIV
7. Abbreviations and glossing conventions XXVIII
8. Map of the Border languages XXXI
9. 1. The Kilmeri language and its speakers 1
10. 2. Phonology 52
11. 3. Word classes 87
12. 4. Clause structure and information structure 145
13. 5. Noun phrase structure and nominal morphology 190
14. 6. Verbal TAM morphology 248
15. 7. Grammatical relations 322
16. 8. Complex sentences and discourse coherence 454
17. 9. Syntax and functions of serial verb constructions 503
18. 10. Eventhood in serial verb constructions 559
19. 11. Interrogation 586
20. 12. Negation 628
21. 13. Lexical Semantics 643
22. 14. Orientation in space: Topological relations and frames of reference 723
23. 15. Deixis 788
24. 16. Motion 819
25. 17. Orientation in time 915
26. Bibliography 959
27. Subject Index 972