CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- LIST OF PUBLICATIONS BY FREDERIK KORTLANDT -- TOWARDS A TYPOLOGICAL PROFILE OF THE ANDEAN LANGUAGES -- THE ORIGIN OF ALTERNATIONS IN INITIAL PITCH IN THE VERBAL PARADIGMS OF THE CENTRAL JAPANESE (KYÔTO TYPE) ACCENT SYSTEMS -- ARMENIANS AND THEIR DIALECTS IN ABKHAZIA -- ON THE POSITION OF BÁIMA WITHIN TIBETAN: A LOOK FROM BASIC VOCABULARY -- LIVING (HAPPILY) WITH CONTRADICTION -- THE LANGUAGE ORGANISM: PARASITE OR MUTUALIST? -- MONGOLIAN /-GAR/ AND JAPANESE /-GAR-/ -- YENISEIC LANGUAGES AND THE SIBERIAN LINGUISTIC AREA -- HOW TO ORIENT ONESELF ON SAKHALIN: A GUIDE TO NIVKH LOCATIONAL TERMS -- KNOWLEDGE GRAPH ANALYSIS OF PARTICLES IN JAPANESE -- FACTS AND FANTASY ABOUT FAVORLANG: EARLY EUROPEAN ENCOUNTERS WITH TAIWAN'S LANGUAGES -- THREE IRREGULAR BERBER VERBS: 'EAT', 'DRINK', 'BE COOKED, RIPEN' -- TEACHING PERSONAL REFERENCE IN JAPANESE -- DUAL NOMINALISATION IN YUKAGHIR: STRUCTURAL AMBIGUITY AS SEMANTIC DUALITY -- THE ALTAIC AORIST IN *-RA IN OLD KOREAN -- AVOIDING ABBA: OLD CHINESE SYLLABIC HARMONY -- VOICE IN TUNEN: THE SO-CALLED PASSIVE PREFIX BÉ- -- CHUVAN AND OMOK LANGUAGES? -- IF JAPANESE IS ALTAIC, HOW CAN IT BE SO SIMPLE? -- BURYAT EVALUATIVE CONSTRUCTIONS -- THREE TASHELHIYT BERBER TEXTS FROM THE ARSÈNE ROUX ARCHIVES -- SYNTAX, RECURSION, PRODUCTIVITY - A USAGE-BASED PERSPECTIVE ON THE EVOLUTION OF GRAMMAR -- LANGUAGE, BRAINS AND THE SYNTACTIC REVOLUTION.