A SYNOPSIS OF CONTENTS

introduction i

1: word classes 1

2: the verb 11

3: the noun 95

4: basic clauses 141

5: class-changing devices 161

6: valence changes 179

7: clause combining 213

8: speech-act clause types 244

9: the economy of information and discourse 256

10: phonology 288

11: grammatical morphemes and glosses 300

12: references 310

13: text 318

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