Frontmatter -- Acknowledgements -- Table of contents -- List of figures -- List of tables -- Abbreviations and glossing conventions -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Theoretical issues -- 3. Grammatical sketch -- 4. Gender -- 5. Restricted argument verbs: verbs with very narrow selectional restrictions -- 6. Lexicalised agreement -- 7. A typological perspective on Mawng verbs with non-canonical agreement -- 8. Conclusions: towards a more dynamic understanding of nominal classification and its lexicalisation -- Bibliography -- Appendix 1: Pronominal prefixes -- Appendix 2: Wurakak 'Crow' text (AD Text 1) -- Appendix 3: Full list of the 28 language sample -- Appendix 4: Email sent to language experts for survey of lexicalised agreement -- Appendix 5: Full list of all non-canonical verbs recorded in Mawng -- Appendix 6: Sources of Mawng material -- Author index -- Subject index -- Language index