Functional-Historical Approaches to Explanation -- Editorial page -- Title page -- LCC data -- Scott DeLancey -- Table of contents -- Introduction -- DeLancey's Publications (Chronological) -- Non-aprioristic typology as a discovery tool -- 1. What needs to be explained -- 2. Aprioristic typology -- 3. Where do 'conceptual' or 'cognitive' categories come from? -- 3.1 The problem -- 3.2 Illustration of the problems involved in the notion 'possession' -- 3.3 Illustration of the problems involved with the notion 'definite' -- 4. Non-aprioristic typology -- 5. Aprioristic versus non-aprioristic typology of locative expressions -- 5.1 Aprioristic approach -- 5.2 Non-aprioristic approach to locative predication -- 6. Implications and conclusions -- References -- Chorophorics, or the difference between place as an entity and place as a position in space -- 1. Introduction -- 2. On various ways of referring to a place in languages -- 3. On two distinct linguistic treatments of the notion of place -- 3.1 The distinction between entity and place as expressed by grammatical means: Locative markers as a specific morphological category -- 3.2 The distinction between entity and place as expressed by lexical means -- 4. The polysemic nature of the notion of place. Lococentric languages and the notion of chorophorics -- 5. Conclusion -- Abbreviations -- References -- On the diachrony of the 'Ethical Dative' -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Early Biblical Hebrew -- 2.1 The ED construction -- 2.2 Diachronic sources of the ED construction -- 3. Late Biblical Hebrew -- 3.1 The ED construction -- 3.2 Precursor constructions -- 4. The conundrum -- 5. Israeli Hebrew -- 6. Interim summary -- 7. The ED construction in El Poema de Mio Cid -- 8. The ED construction in Tamil -- 9. Discussion -- References.

Biactantial agreement in the Gongduk transitive verb in the broader Tibeto-Burman context -- 1. The discovery of the language -- 2. Phonological and lexical observations -- 3. Transitive agreement morphology -- 4. Tibeto-Burman historical grammar -- References -- The dinguist's dilemma -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Indo-European -- 3. The search for physiological explanations -- 4. Evolution of liquids within Chinese -- 5. TB/ST etymologies indicating lateral dental stop -- 6. Conclusions -- References -- Appendix: Symbols and Abbreviations -- Person-sensitive TAME marking in Galo -- 1. Background -- 2. Previous studies of person-sensitive TAME marking in Tibeto-Burman -- 3. Person-sensitive TAME marking in Galo -- 3.1 Preliminary -- 3.2 Grammatical domains -- 3.2.1 Direct perfective with -bá -- 3.2.2 Inflected clausal nominalizations -- 3.2.3 Intention and prediction with -lapə̀ -- 3.2.4 Experiential perfect -- 3.3 Interaction with information source identification -- 3.4 Functional motivation -- 4. Conclusion: Diachronic and areal implications -- Abbreviations -- References -- Agent case marking in Sahaptian -- 1. Introduction -- 1.1 The language and speakers -- 2. Participant coding in Ichishkíin -- 2.1 Intransitive clauses -- 2.2 Transitive clauses -- 3. Participant coding in Nez Perce -- 4. Agent case marking: towards Proto-Sahaptian forms -- 5. Conclusion -- Acknowledgements -- References -- The Kurtöp -si construction -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Background -- 2.1 Definition of 'converb' -- 3. Kurtöp clause-chaining -- 4. Lexical final verbs -- 4.1 Syntax -- 4.2 Functions -- 5. Copular final verb -- 6. Auxiliary final verbs -- 6.1 Form -- 6.2 Function -- 6.3 Direct quotative -- 7. Conclusions -- Abbreviations -- References -- Verb serialization in Ede from a diachronic perspective -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Background -- 2.1 Ede and its origins.

2.2 Basic clausal constructions in Ede -- 2.2.1 Word order -- 2.2.2 Negation and Tense/Aspect -- 3. Ede clause-chaining -- 4. Properties of serial verb constructions in Ede -- 5. Verb serialization in Ede and grammaticalization -- 5.1 Phase 1: The early stage of grammaticalization -- 5.2 Phase 2: Auxiliarization -- 6. Conclusion -- References -- Tense-aspect morphology from nominalizers in Newar -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Background on Newar -- 3. The Newar verb -- 3.1 The Kathmandu Newar verb -- 3.1.1 Finite inflectional morphology -- 3.1.2 Stem classes -- 3.2 The Classical Newar verb -- 3.3 The Eastern Newar verb -- 3.3.1 Tense -- 3.3.2 Agreement -- 3.3.3 Stem classes -- 4. Comparison of inflectional patterns -- 4.1 Classical and modern Kathmandu Newar forms -- 4.1.1 Form A1 -- 4.1.2 Form A5 -- 4.1.3 Form A6 -- 4.1.4 Forms A3 and A4 -- 4.2 Dolakha Newar tense markers -- 4.2.1 Future tense -- 4.2.2 Past anterior tense -- 4.2.3 Present tense -- 5. From nominalizer to tense marker -- Abbreviations -- References -- Predicting reference form -- 1. Introduction -- 2. The framework -- 3. The data -- 4. Distribution of lexical and non-lexical NPs -- 5. Correspondence between morphology and information status and animacy -- 6. Conclusion -- References -- References -- Acknowledgements -- 5. Summary and conclusions -- 3. Morphological causation #1: Instrumental prefix construction -- 2. The Northern Paiute language: Its profile and properties -- 1. Introduction -- 4. Morphological causation #2: Applicative construction -- The challenge of Maa 'Away'* -- 1. Introduction -- 2. A plethora of forms -- 3. The data -- 4. Movement Away -- 4.1 Motion (away) -- 4.2 Direction away (without translational movement) -- 5. Distributive action, to multiplicity of action, to multiplicity of situation − to straightforward plural? -- 5.1 Plural intransitive subject.

5.2 Plural transitive subject -- 5.3 Plural object -- 5.4 Multiplicity of action and situation -- 5.5 A plural marker? -- 6. 'Continuous' aspect -- 7. Applicative-like effect with agent-source verbs -- 8. Detransitivization -- 9. Lexicalized combinations -- 10. Conclusions -- References -- Language index -- Subject index.