What's in a verb? : studies in the verbal morphology of the languages of the Americas

Cover Page......Page 1 Copyright Info......Page 3 Title Page......Page 4 Contents......Page 6 Preface......Page 8 Part I North and Central America......Page 10 Algonquian verb structure: Plains Cree......Page 12 Typological aspects of Lillooet transitive verb inflection......Page 38 Athabascan verb stem structure: Tahltan......Page 62 Valency-changing devices in Metzontla Popoloc......Page 102 Part II South America......Page 128 The vicissitudes of directional affixes in Tarma (Northern Junín) Quechua......Page 130 The verbalizers in Trio (Cariban): a semantic description......Page 152 Verbal number in Itonama......Page 168 Object cross-reference in Leko......Page 180 Stative verbs vs. nouns in Sateré-Mawé and the Tupian family......Page 198 Verbs in Uchumataqu......Page 224 Evidentiality and epistemic mood in Lakondê......Page 244