370 Subject index
noun (cont.)
syntactic functions of 3,8-9,22-6,50
noun class 99,102-3,106-17,119-23,244
see also gender
noun phrase, structure of 22-3,44,75,89,98,
101-4,127,148,183,242-3,250-1,304,
327-8
number 3,24-7,102-4,112,120,123,125-7, 134,
139,147,150-2,161-3, i73-4j 180-1,190,
202-5,311
number agreement, see agreement in number
number marking, see number
NUMBERS semantic type 5,29,70,111,127-8,136,
146,215-16,237,280,289,307-8,335
parts of speech, see word classes
passive 126
PHYSICAL PROPERTY semantic type 4-5,18,29-
32,35-6, 69,76,79-80,108-10,114-17,
123,125,127,138,140-4,146,157-9, 173,
190,197,214,236-8,256-7,275,277,279-
80,288,301,304,307,335
pivot 178
polysynthetic language 97,148
POSITION semantic type 5,32,70,76,79,111,127,
142-3,146,190,215,237,239,257,280,
284,336
positional (as a word class in Mayan languages),
125-30,132-3,139,142-6
possession 20,24,41,98-9,101,104,116,125,
127-9, 134, i47-5ij 182-6,188,193-6,
216-17,325
predicate, the term 17,25,42,44
predicative function of adjective, see adjective
as intransitive predicate
proclitic, see clitic
prohibitive 101,118,309
see also imperative
QUALIFICATION semantic type 5,70,111,143,
146,187-90,197,215,237-8,257,280,
288,306-7,316-17,336
QUANTIFICATION semantic type 5,32,70,78,
111,127,141-2,146,190,215,237-9,^2 57i
280,288-9,3oli 3°4i 3°7i 336
quantifier 136,287
reduplication 17,25,42,44,54,58-9,70,76-7,
233,238,246,266-8,277-8,293-5,299,
302,306-7,314-15,321,334,336-7,355
relative clause 16,19-20,30,42,106,109,111,127,
134,242,250-5,259,261,263,307,316,
321,332-3,356-7
secondary predicate 150,156-7,179-80,300-1
semantic overlap between word classes 36-
40,45,63-5,98,122-3,172-4,199-202,
239-41,279,281,289,303-4,307-9,335,
341-2
semantic types of adjectives, see adjectives,
semantic types of
serial verb construction 21,98,101,111,117-20,
267.275-7.301,314,321,338
SIMILARITY semantic type 5,69,110-11,143,
146,190,215,237-8,257,277,280,335
sound symbolism 157,160-1,173-4
SPEED semantic type 4-5,18,29,31-2,35-6,69,
78,111,143,146,190,214,237-8,257,280,
288,304,307,336
stative predicate, see stative verb
stative verb 14,42,55-7,90,98-9,101,106,111-
12,116-19,122-3,126-7, 133, 135, 137, 145,
244-5,264-7,269-78,284,309-14,
324-5,329-35,340-1,351,354
statives, see stative verb
stress 203-4
superlative, see comparative
suppletion 106
synthetic language 203-4
TAM (tense-aspect-mood) 125-6,128,139,148,
150,349,352
tense 6,26-8,42,51-2,57,91-3,100,102,200-1,
228,244-9,254,261
topic 35,99-102,118,247,313
transitivity 5-9,15,18-21,39,53-7,85-6,95,97-
101,126-8,148,168-72,178,181-2,199,
233,248,264-6,283-4,297,306
valency increase 266,275-6
see also causative, applicative
VALUE semantic type 3-5,18,29,31-2,44,52,69,
108, no, 116-20,122-3,127,138,143-6,
157,171-3,187,197,201,213,256,273,277-
80,288,290,306,316-17,335
verb
distinguished from adjective i, 9,12-15,21,
26-8,31-6,41-5,51-7,74-5,94-5,116-
21, 127-40, 145, 149-57, 2OO-5, 211, 219,
224-5, 227-36, 242-9, 252-6, 259-61,
264-82, 293-302, 304, 309-13, 320-1,
324-5, 328-35, 346, 349-60
see also adjective, verb-like
distinguished from noun 8-9,50,104-6,
148-50,223-4,263-4,283-4,306-7,
324-7,348-9
syntactic functions of 3,8-9,15-22
verb serialisation, see serial verb construction
word classes 1-5,71-2,98,104-6, in, 119-40,
146,150,178-83,199-202,212,223-5,
263-4,277,280-1,283-4,320-1,323-5
word order, see constituent order