Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- Abbreviations & Symbols -- O. Introduction -- 1. An Overview of Surface Syntax -- 2. The Morphology of Case & Voice -- 3. Case Marking & Grammatical Relations -- 4. Case Assignment in the Ergative Languages -- 5. Previous Approaches to the History of the Case System -- 6. The Passive-to- Ergative Reanalysis -- 7. Reanalysis & Pukapukan Syntax -- Appendix A. Orthography -- Appendix B. Sources -- Bibliography -- Index