Topics Index
ablative case 311-21, 334-35, 348-54,
361-65
absolutive verb (Nootka) 239, 241-47,
249-50, 255, 257-59, 261, 266, 269-70
accusative case 67-69, 73, 118, 313-15,
323-26, 328-29, 336-42, 351-54, 356-
58, 478, 485-88
accusative plus infinitive construction
(Latin) 324-29, 331, 333-34, 336-40,
359-60
accusativity, syntactic 58-59, 235-36
actor 43-65, 75-88, passim
Actor-Undergoer Hierarchy 44-46, 68,
70, 75-83, 95, 126, 148-49, 179, 329,
336, 347, 349-50, 352-57, 395, 444
adjuncts 5-7, 20, 22, 66, 70, 86-88, 121,
142, 536, 553-54, 557-58
adpositions
non-predicative 19-20, 99-100, 275,
281,283-86,
predicative 19-20, 99-100, 120-21,
275,281,286-88,
prepositions 19-20, 49, 73, 76-83,
99-100, 153, 236, 247, 249, 267,
275-309, 313, 333-34, 357, 359-
61,385-92,407-8
agent (agentivity) 36-37, 39-48, 75, 278-
80, 297-300, 410, 415
agglutination 266
agreement 50, 72-74, 80, 151, 266
Aktionsart 34, 75, 203-6, 312, 336, 347,
355
accomplishment 34-40, 47-48, 76,
84-85, 94, 203-6, 284-86, 293-97,
335-36, 349-54, 357-58, 384-85,
393-96, 400-7, 411-12, 414-22,
426-31,435,455-56
achievement 34-40, 47-48, 94, 204,
293-97, 336, 384-85, 393, 411-12,
414-17, 427-31
activity 34-40, 47-48, 80, 204-6,
284, 286, 298, 302, 304, 321-22,
336, 347, 354-55, 384-85, 399-
407, 411-12, 415-22, 426-31, 455
state 39-40, 47-48, 94, 192-94, 204,
206, 293-97, 317-21, 347-51, 384-
85, 397-99, 414-15, 428-29, 446-
48
tests for 35, 402
animacy (see lexical content, inherent)
anaphora 151
zero anaphora 64, 198, 214-15, 329,
331,333-34,485
antipassive 59, 155, 156, 486-89, 493
applicatives 66, 69-72, 156
aspect 8, 114, 222, 235, 246, 248-49,
471-73, 535-39, 550, 552, 554, 559
assertion 23-29, 113
attributive construction 433-62
ba construction (Mandarin) 204-6
beneficiary 70-72, 286, 303-5, 365,case marking 66-67, 72-74, 76-81, 117-
18, 150, 236, 239, 474-97
global 477-78, 491-92
local 477-78