Subject index 369causative 86-9,95,100,116-18,129,139,168,
170-3,229,266-7,275-6,281,285-6,295,
302,306-7,309,313,321
classifier 20,27,98,100-4,112-16,126,287,306,
321,325-7
classifier agreement, see classifier
clause types i, 5-7,50,178-9,223-4,228,248-9
clitic 99-100,102,114-16,119-20,125-6,148,
263
COLOUR semantic type 4-5,18,31-2,35-6,
42,44,69,77,108, no, 114-16,120-3,
127,138,140,142,146,158-9,173,190,
201,213-14,239,256,273,279-80,284,
287-9,291,304-7.316-17,335,338,341-2
command, see imperative
comparative 11-12,15,21,26,28,41-2,44,94,
116,138-9,150,157,200,204-5,209,
229,234,255,257-8,261,267,273-4,
290-300,302,308,311-13,321,324,334,
337-8,353-4
complement clause 178-9,191,196
complementation 93-4
compound 63,66,76,89,119-20,144-5,226-7,
238,258-9,268-9,303,343-4
conjunction, see coordination
constituent order 35,50,74,98,126,134,139,148,
178,192-3,195,200,206,223-4,244,
263,281,285-6,304,306
coordination 61,135-6,304-5
copula 5-8,21,50,54-5,57-9,72,83-6,92,94,
105,150,154-6,178,180-1,191-4,206-7,
225,248,261,287,323-5
core argument, see argument, core
demonstrative i, 126
dependent marking i, 19,32-6,44-5,50,97-8,
123,177-8,197,223,263,306,323,358
derivation 17,38,41,51,53,58,67,82,90,100-1,
106-7,109-14,118,120,123,126-33,139,
143-4,166-73,188-9,^2 °i, 2O5,218-19,
226-7,229-32,246,285,288-9,314-15,
341,344-5
DIFFICULTY semantic type 5,32,69,76,79,111,
143,146,215,237-8,279-80,307,336
diffusion, see areal diffusion
DIMENSION semantic type 3,18,21,29-32,35-6,
42,44,69,78-9,106-7, n°, 114-15,119-
20,122-3,127,138,140,142,144,146,152,
157,160-3,165,171-3,186-7,19°, 197,^2 °i,
213,238,256,260,273,277,279-80,284,
287-91,304-7,335,338
enclitic, see clitic
ergative 8,87,126,133,138
eurocentric approach to adjectives i, 12-13,29,
42-4,349-50
evidentiality 6,99-100,109,306
expressive 284,303-4
focus 244,247-9,261
fusion, see fusional language
fusional language 97,177
gender 3,12-13,23-6,41,99,102,181-6,194-5,
202,260
see also noun class
gender agreement, see agreement in gender,
gender
grammatical relations 100,244
see also case marking, transitivity
head marking i, 32-6,44-5,97-8,123,125,148,
177,197,244,263,306,323,358
honorific 210,224,230,239
HUMAN PROPENSITY semantic type 4-5,18-19,
29,31-2,35-6,69,76,80-1,110,123,141-2,
145-6,160,166-8,171,173,190,214,237-8,
257,275,279-80,288-9,307,336
ideophones 244,255-6,261,328
imperative 99-100,118,267,272-3,302,309,313
inchoative 168-71,173,264,339-40
interrogative i, 100,107,309,311
isolating language 15,285,323
language contact 244,285
see also areal diffusion
linguistic area 27,74,97,123
loan 31,42,50,63-7,72-3,136,143,145,223-4,
232,238,240-1,244,255,259-60,264,
288,291-2,301-2,308-9,353-4,357
mimetic adjective 67
modality 28,217,228,328
mood 16,27-8,51-2,89,99-101,228,246-7,
249,261,266-7,269-73
see also TAM
multilingualism 97negation 27,34,52,54-7,75,100,109,137,139,
180,229,236,249,269,279,298-9,303,
309,317-18,328,330,336,353,359
nominalisation 196-7,274-5,281,293,302,
306-7,314-16,333
see also derivation
nominal! ser, see derivation
nominative-accusative language 8,98-9
noun
as modifier to noun 22-3,50,134-5,268
distinguished from adjective, see adjective,
distinguished from noun
distinguished from verb 8-9,50,104-6,148-
50,223-4,263-4,283-4,306-7,324-7,
348-9