Contents

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. Acknowledgements VII
3. Contents IX
4. List of Abbreviations XIII
5. Chapter One. Introduction 1
6. Chapter Two. Constituent Order and Order Correlations 9
7. Chapter Three. Clausal Phenomena 27
8. Chapter Four. Noun and Postpositional Phrase Phenomena 97
9. Chapter Five. Noun Classification and Nominalization 129
10. Chapter Six. The Verb Phrase and Related Issues 159
11. Chapter Seven. Pragmatic Factors Motivating Order Variation 189
12. Chapter Eight. Constituent Order in Yagua: Conclusions and Implications 239
13. Appendix 1: Lagarto (Alligator) Text 257
14. Appendix 2: Phonology 265
15. Notes 269
16. References 281
17. Index 291
18. Backmatter 297