This volume offers a systematic crosslinguistic account of evidentiality, the linguistic encoding of the source of information on which a statement is based. It explores a range of topics relating…

This book surveys multi-verb constructions in multiple languages from the Americas, showing a very rich tapestry of typologically unusual constructions, including serial verbs, auxiliaries, co-verbs, phasal verbs. Where possible, a…

This book investigates the contact between Arawak and Tucanoan languages spoken in the Vaupes river basin in northwest Amazonia, which spans Colombia and Brazil. This study also examines changes brought…

The first guide to Amazonia’s over 300 languages compares their features, sets out their characteristics, and describes the cultures of those who speak them. Clearly written and brought vividly to…

Explores the variety of types of complementation found across the languages of the world, their grammatical properties, and meanings. This book is useful to scholars of typology, language universals, syntax…

This volume offers a comprehensive account of the typology of noun classification across the world’s languages. Following a detailed introduction to noun categorization, the chapters in the volume provide in-depth…

This volume focuses on the form and the function of commands-directive speech acts such as pleas, entreaties, and orders-from a typological perspective. Authors analyse the marking and meaning of commands…

The Amazon Basin is the least known and most complex linguistic region in the world today. Its 300-plus languages show properties that challenge received ideas about linguistic universals. This book…