Valency classes in the world's languages. Volume 2, Case studies from Austronesia and the Pacific, the Americas, and theoretical outlook 2

Earlier empirical studies on valency have looked at the phenomenon either in individual languages or a small range of languages, or have concerned themselves with only small subparts of valency (e.g. transitivity, ditransitive constructions), leaving a lacuna that the present volume aims to fill by considering a wide range of valency phenomena across 30 languages from different parts of the world. The individual-language studies, each written by a specialist or group of specialists on that language and covering both valency patterns and valency alternations, are based on a questionnaire (reproduced in the volume) and an on-line freely accessible database, thus guaranteeing comparability of cross-linguistic results. In addition, introductory chapters provide the background to the project and discuss its main characteristics and selected results, while a series of featured articles by leading scholars who helped shape the field provide an outside perspective on the volume’s approach. The volume is essential reading for anyone interested in valency and argument structure, irrespective of theoretical persuasion, and will serve as a model for future descriptive studies of valency in individual languages. Earlier empirical studies on valency have looked at the phenomenon either in individual languages or a small range of languages, or have concerned themselves with only small subparts of valency (e.g. transitivity, ditransitive constructions), leaving a lacuna that the present volume aims to fill by considering a wide range of valency phenomena across 30 languages from different parts of the world. The individual-language studies, each written by a specialist or group of specialists on that language and covering both valency patterns and valency alternations, are based on a questionnaire (reproduced in the volume) and an on-line freely accessible database, thus guaranteeing comparability of cross-linguistic results. In addition, introductory chapters provide the background to the project and discuss its main characteristics and selected results, while a series of featured articles by leading scholars who helped shape the field provide an outside perspective on the volume's approach. The volumes are essential reading for anyone interested in valency and argument structure, irrespective of theoretical persuasion, and will serve as a model for future descriptive studies of valency in individual languages. Contents Leipzig Questionnaire on valency classes Part II: Case Studies (cont.) Austronesia and the Pacific 22 Balinese valency classes 23 Valency classes in Jakarta Indonesian 24 Case frames in Sri Lanka Malay 25 Valency classes in Xârâcùù (New Caledonia) 26 Valency in Nen 27 Complex verbs, simple alternations: valency and verb classes in Jaminjung Americas 28 Valency classes in Central Alaskan Yupik, an Eskimoan language 29 Transitivity in Ojibwe 30 Valency Classes in Hoocak? (Ho-Chunk) 31 Valency classes in Sliammon Salish~1~ 32 Valency classes in Yaqui 33 Valency classes in Zenzontepec Chatino 34 Valency classes in Yucatec Maya 35 Valency classes in Bora 36 Valency classes in Mapudungun Part III: Theoretical Outlook 37 Situation types, valency frames and operations 38 The hierarchy of two-place predicates: its limitations and uses 39 Verb classes within and across languages 40 Verb classes and valency alternations (NSM approach), with special reference to English physical activity verbs Language index Subject index Deals with cross-linguistic variation in valency classes in terms of argument coding and argument alternations. This book uncovers the universal and the language-particular in this area, the work includes synoptic introductory articles, 30 in-depth questionnaire-based studies of valency classes in languages from across the world, and more. The two volumes deal with cross-linguistic variation in valency classes in terms of argument coding and argument alternations.