24. Complement clauses

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Preface v
3. List of abbreviations vii
4. Content xi
5. 1. Introduction 1
6. 2. Phonology 10
7. Part I: Nominal structure
8. 3. Affixation and compounding 23
9. 4. Pronouns 38
10. 5. Nominal demonstratives 57
11. 6. Numerals and quantifiers 99
12. 7. Classifiers 115
13. 8. Possessive constructions 141
14. Part II: predicate structure
15. 9. Reduplication 165
16. 10. Verb complement constructions 176
17. 11. Aspect 212
18. 12. Modality 226
19. 13. Negation 240
20. 14. Adpositions 258
21. 15. Adverbs 278
22. Part III: clausal structure
23. 16. The kaʔ⁷- and ka⁵- constructions 293
24. 17. Comparative constructions of inequality 311
25. 18. The ‘give’ construction 337
26. 19. Interrogatives 347
27. 20. Topic-comment constructions 372
28. Part IV: complex sentences
29. 21. Coordination 403
30. 22. Relative clauses 415
31. 23. Adverbial clauses 449
32. 24. Complement clauses 466
33. 25. Conclusion 484
34. References 485
35. Index 511
36. Appendix 515