Bibliogr. Index.

Ergativity, Syntactic Typology and Universal Grammar / Plank, F. -- Shunting on to Ergative or Accusative / Martinet, A. -- Ergativity and the Constitution of Grammatical Relations / Bechert, J. -- Canonical Ergativity and Daghestan Languages / Kibrik, A.E. -- Subject and Object Marking in Finnish / Itkonen, T. -- The Bâ Construction and Ergativity in Chinese / Li, Y.C. ; Yip, M. -- The Antipassive and Grammatical Relations in Eskimo / Kalmar, I. -- Why Does Washo Lack a Passive ? / Jacobsen, W.H. Jr. -- De-voiced Transitive Verb Sentences in Formal Indonesian / Cartier, A. -- The Intransitive-passival Conception of the Verb in Languages of the Ancient Near East / Steiner, G. -- Degrees of Ergativity : Some Chukchee evidence / Comrie, B. -- Degrees of Ergativity in Chukchee / Nedjalkov, V.P. -- Elements of Ergativity and Nominativity in Tangut / Kepping, K.B. -- Nominal and Verbal Ergativity in Asiatic Eskimo / Vaxtin, N.B. -- Degrees of Ergativity in Australia / Blake, B.J. -- The Syntactic Irrelevance of an Ergative Case in Enga and Other Papuan Languages / Li, C.N. ; Lang, R. -- On the Position of the Ergative Type in Typological Classification / Klimov, G.A. -- Reconstructing Active and Ergative Stages of Pre-Indo-European / Schmidt, K.H. -- Correlates of Ergativity in Mayan Grammar / Larsen, T.W. ; Norman, W.M. -- Typological Characteristics of Basque / Brettschneider, G. -- On the Origins of Ergativity / Trask, R.L. -- From Ergative to Accusative in Tongan / Tchekhoff, C. -- An Historical Perspective on Ergativity in Tibeto-Burman / Bauman, J.J. -- The South Caucasian languages / Boeder, W. -- On the Genesis of the Ergative Construction in Indo-Iranian / Pirejko, L.A. -- Agents, Accessories and Owners : The cultural base and the rise of ergative structures, with particular reference to Ozark English / Foster, J.F.