Preface

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. Preface V
3. Contents VII
4. Factors influencing word ordering 1
5. Proximal to distal: Information flow and order in Maa 15
6. Word order variation in Middle Iranic: Persian, Parthian, Bactrian, and Sogdian 39
7. Word order in Mukri Kurdish – the case of incorporated Targets 63
8. Targets and other postverbal arguments in Southern Balochi: A multidimensional cline 89
9. Word order in contact and the expression of Target in Northern Domari 127
10. The evolution of VO and OV alternation in Romeyka 141
11. Word order in Iran-Turkic 163
12. Word order variation in Chulym Turkic of Siberia 181
13. Copulas and Target phrase positioning in the Arabic dialects of Kurdistan 197
14. Word order typology in North-Eastern Neo- Aramaic 235
15. Index of Authors 259
16. Index of Languages 262
17. Index of Subjects 264