THE LINGUISTICS OF GIVING -- Editorial page -- Title page -- Copyright page -- Table of contents -- Abbreviations -- Preface -- References -- GIVE in Amele -- 1. Introduction -- 2. The form of object agreement -- 3. The ordering of object agreement -- 4. The dative marker -- 5. The morphological status of the object agreement marking -- 6. The semantic functions of object agreement -- 7. The form of GIVE -- 7.1. RECIPIENT cross-referenced by DOAgr or IOAgr -- 7.2. IOAgr as the lexical stem of GIVE -- 8. GIVE as a basic verb in Amele -- Abbreviations used in glosses -- Notes -- References -- Giving in Nawatl -- 1. Introduction1 -- 1.1. The cognitive underpinnings -- 1.2. Nawatl verbs and other relevant structures -- 2. maka -- 2.1. The verb maka 'give to' -- 2.2. Double-object constructions with maka -- 3. selia and other RECEIVE verbs -- 4. Causative and applicative stems meaning GIVE -- 5. Verbalized nouns -- 6. Conclusion -- Abbreviations used in glosses -- Notes -- References -- Double object constructions in Zulu -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Some features of Zulu -- 3. Three types of double object construction in Zulu -- 3.1. Non-extended verbs -- 3.2. Applicative constructions -- 3.3. Causative expressions -- 4. Object status -- 5. Unity or diversity? -- 6. Conclusion -- Abbreviations used in glosses -- Notes -- References -- Giving and taking in Chipewyan: The semantics of THING-marking classificatory verbs -- 1. Introduction -- 2. An overview of Chipewyan morphosyntax -- 2.1. The verbal unit -- 2.2. The classificatory verb system -- 2.3. A taxonomy of THING types distinguished by the classificatory verb stem -- 2.4. Chipewyan postpositional phrases -- 2.5. Summary of the relevant semantic distinctions -- 3. Chipewyan GIVE constructions -- 3.1. Handing/passing vs. giving -- 3.2. Giving vs. throwing -- 3.3. Non-specific giving.

3.4. The semantics of giving in Chipewyan -- 4. Chipewyan TAKE constructions -- 4.1. Giving vs. taking -- 4.2. Taking vs. snatching/stealing -- 4.3. Non-specific taking -- 4.4. The semantics of taking in Chipewyan -- 5. Pragmatic and figurative aspects of Chipewyan transfer predications -- 5.1. Literal intrasentential and discourse uses -- 5.2. Figurative uses -- 6. Some concluding remarks about giving and taking in Chipewyan -- Abbreviations used in glosses -- Notes -- References -- Lots of ways to GIVE in Cora -- 1. Introduction -- 2. The prototypical GIVE verb -pweíhve'e -- 3. The 'enabling' GIVE verbs -- 4. 'Terminative' GIVE -- 5. GIVE: a means of transporting objects -- 5.1. 'Take' verbs -- 5.2. GIVE verbs -- 5.3. 'Bring' verbs -- 5.4. 'Receive' verbs -- 5.5. 'Pass X to Y' verbs -- 5.6. 'Hold in the hand' verbs -- 6. Four kinds of GIVE: a summary -- 7. Conclusion -- Abbreviations used in glosses -- Notes -- References -- GIVE: Acts of giving in American Sign Language -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Prototype GIVE -- 2.1. General -- 2.2. Size and shape of object -- 2.3. Change of control -- 2.4. Change of location -- 2.5. GIVE-completive -- 3. GIVE (rotated wrist) -- 3.1. Permanence and 'money' -- 3.2. Sense of value -- 3.3. GIVE-formally (non-rotated wrist) -- 4. Metaphorical extension with GIVE and GIVE -- 4.1. GIVE and GIVE-formally in metaphorical and literal frames -- 4.2. GIVE and GIVE-formally in metaphorical interaction -- 4.3. Metaphorical GIVE-IN-ARGUMENT -- 4.4. Use of humor -- 4.5. Productivity of metaphorical extension in GIVE words -- 5. Nominalization of GIVE -- 6. Conclusion -- Convention used in glosses -- Notes -- References -- Sochiapan Chinantec GIVE: A window into clause structure -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Ditransitive and transitive GIVE -- 3. Direct and inverse voice.

3.1. Inflection of transitive verbs for direct and inverse voice -- 3.2. Inflection of ditransitive GIVE for direct and inverse voice -- 4. Passive constructions -- 5. Theantipassive -- 6. Inflection for reflexive and reciprocal -- 6.1. Inflection for reflexive -- 6.2. Inflection for reciprocal -- 7. Types of ditransitive verbs -- 7.1. Ditransitive verbs which encode instrumental or locative nominals as the indirect object -- 7.2. Ditransitive verbs which encode RECIPIENT nominals as the indirect object -- 7.3. Order of ditransitive verb arguments -- 7.3.1. Order of ditransitive verb arguments which take a locative or instrumental indirect object -- 7.3.2. Order of ditransitive verb arguments which take a RECIPIENT indirect object -- 7.4. Topicality of ditransitive verb arguments -- 8. The inflectionally related forms of GIVE -- 9. Conclusion -- Abbreviations used in glosses -- Notes -- References -- GIVE, HAVE, and TAKE in Slavic -- 1. Introduction -- 2. An overview of GIVE, HAVE, and TAKE -- 3. TAKE as a parallel to GIVE -- 4. TAKE as a parallel to HAVE -- 5. Discussion -- Notes -- References -- Giving in Dutch: An intra-lexematical and inter-lexematical description -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Geven combined with subject and direct object -- 2.1. The intra-lexematical characterization of geven combined with a subject and direct object -- 2.2. The inter-lexematical characterization of geven combined with a subject and direct object -- 2.3. The meaning of geven combined with a subject and direct object -- 3. Geven combined with subject, indirect object, and direct object -- 3.1. The intra-lexematical characterization of geven combined with a subject, indirect object, and direct object -- 3.1.1. The nominal indirect object and the 'possessive dative' -- 3.1.2. The dativus commodi and the dativus incommodi.

3.1.3. Two types of indirect object and the meaning of geven -- 3.2. The inter-lexematical characterization of geven combined with a subject, indirect object, and direct object -- 3.2.1. Geven versus krijgen -- 3.2.2. Geven versus bieden, opleveren, schenken, verlenen, verschaffen -- 3.3. The meaning of geven combined with a subject, direct and indirect object -- 4. Special uses of geven -- Notes -- References -- The origin of the German es gibt construction -- 1. Introduction -- 2. The meanings of es gibt -- 3. es gibt and il y a -- 4. The two-place verb geben -- 5. The polysemy of geben -- 6. Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- On the development of MANNER from GIVE -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Traugott's theory of semantic-pragmatic change -- 3. From GIVE to BENEFACTIVE -- 4. From BENEFACTIVE to PURPOSIVE -- 5. From PURPOSIVE to MANNER -- 6. Function Contiguity vs. Direct Shift -- 7. Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- One child's early talk about possession -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Methods of analysis -- 3. Period 1: Exchanging and obtaining objects (12.00 to 17.14) -- 4. Period 2: First talk about possession (17.14 to 19.15) -- 5. Period 3: Complex talk about possession (19.16 to 24.00) -- 6. Discussion -- References -- Index of Names -- Indexof Subjects.