Subject index
accusative language 8
see also nominative-accusative language
active verb 98-101,265-73,278-9,284,324,
327-35,340-1
active-stative language 98-9
adjective
as copula complement 14-15,21,26-33,40-1,
44-5,54-5,60-2,72-6,82-8,94-5,121,
126-7,133-4,145,150,154-6,177,191-4,
197-201,205-8,219,261,321,351-3,358-9
as intransitive predicate 10,12-18,21-2,26-
33,40-5,53-4,72-3, 85-6,91-3,95,121,
127,133,145,225-7,248-9,261,264,282,
288,298,302,309-14,321,351-3
as modifier in a noun phrase 10-15,19-23,
26-31,41-3,62,72-6, 82-3,90-1,113-
14,119-21,127,133,145,149,153,163,177,
191-2,197-201,208,219,230,264,267-9,
281,288,302,316-17,321,356-9
as modifier to a verb 11
see also adverb
as transitive predicate 248-9,261
distinguished from nominalised verb 173,
196-7
distinguished from noun i, 9,12-13,15,22-8,
31-6,41-5,57-62,74-5,94-5,112-16,121,
127-40,133-9,145-57,174,177,193-6,
200-1,219, 225,349
distinguished from verb i, 9,12-13,15,21,
26-8,31-6,41-5,51-7, 74-5,94-5,116-
19, 121, 127-40, 145, 149-57, 2OO-5, 211,
219, 224-5, 227-36, 242-9, 252-6, 259-
6l, 264-82, 293-302, 304, 309-13, 320-1,
324-5, 328-35, 346, 349-60
making up whole noun phrase 15,23,27,32,
60,88,104,106,121,137,145,149,150-1,
208-9,314-15,355-6
mimetic 67
noun-like 11-14,22-6,31-3,42-5,57-62,72,
123,147-57,174,200-5,211,351
see also adjective distinguished from nouns
semantic types of 3-5,18,68-71,72-3,77-81,
106-12,120,140-3,158-67,186-91,197,
212-16,236-9,256-7,279-81,288-90,
301,307-9,335-6
syntactic functions of 3,8-9,15-26,44-5,
121,133-40,149-57,191-3,205-11,233-6,
264,295-302,324-5,327-8,334-5
see also comparative
verb-like 11-22,31-6,40-5,51-7,72,74,75-
81,87-95,123,200-1,224,227-36,241-3,
261,264-82,287,304,309-13,320-1,
323-5,346,351,358-9
see also adjective distinguished from verb
adverb 11,15,17,21,26-31,41,52-3,59-60,62,
64,110-11,117,121,125,137-40,155-6,
202,206-7,236,255,258-9,261,297,
299-300,302,307,317-21,338,359
in Carib linguistic tradition 29
see also adjective as modifier to a verb
adverbial, see adverb
AGE semantic type 3-5,18,29-32,35-6,44,69,
78,107-10,114-15,120,123,143,146,152,
157,160,163-6,173,187,190,197,213,238,
256,260,273,279-80,288,306,316-17,
335,338
agglutinating language 50,74,97,148,177,223,
285,306
agreement
in case 200,209-11
in classifier, see classifier
in gender 200,209-11
see also gender
in number 200,209-11
see also number
analytic language 223
anticausative 266
antipassive 126
applicative 166,266-7,275-6,295,302
areal diffusion 27,74,97-8,123,165
areal feature, see areal diffusion
argument, core 5-8,18-19,61,178-9,209,235
article 3,27,134,242-3,251,263
aspect 27-8,42,75,91-5,100,138,228-9,244-9,
251,261,266-7,269-73,278-9,306,
309-11,321,328
see also TAM
attributive function of adjective, see adjective as
modifier in a noun phrase
auxiliary 34,57,179,229,234-5,247,249,313-
14,317
avoidance speech style 284-5,301-2
borrowing, see loan
case marking 2,6-7,25-6,35-6,50,53,60,74,
99-102,104,178,184,197,199,202-5,
223-4,229,235-6,241