Introduction

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. TABLE OF CONTENTS V
3. PREFACE VII
4. LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS VIII
5. Introduction 1
6. I. Historical and Comparative Studies
7. Language History in South America: What We Know and How to Know More 13
8. Some Widespread Grammatical Forms in South American Languages 75
9. Valence-Changing Affixes in Maipuran Arawakan Languages 89
10. Cross-Referencing Changes in Some Thpi-Guarani Languages 117
11. II. Stress and Pitch-Accent Systems
12. Accent in Aguaruna 161
13. Asheninca Stress Patterns 185
14. III. Morphological Studies
15. Morphological Characteristics of Lowland South American Languages 213
16. Noun Classification Systems of Amazonian Languages 243
17. Classifiers in Thyuca 273
18. Chiriguano and Guarayo Word Formation 293
19. Incorporation In Nadeb 321
20. IV. Transitivity and Grammatical Relations
21. Kamaiura (Thpi-Guaranf) as an Active-Stative Language 367
22. You and I = Neither You nor 1: The Personal System of Thpinamba 393
23. Ergativity and Nominativity in Kuikuro and Other Carib Languages 407
24. Transitivity and Ergativity in Panare 429
25. V. Morphosyntax in Its Wider Context
26. The Positioning of Non-pronominal Clitics and Particles in Lowland South American Languages 457
27. The Non-modal Particles of the Carib Language of Surinam and Their Influence on Constituent Order 495
28. Cause and Reason in Nambiquara 543