Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- 1. A Historical Perspective -- 2. Verb Morphology and Syntax of Spoken Mayan -- 3. Identification of Verbal Phrases -- 4. The Directional "Count" Indicators -- 5. Syntax of the Writing System -- 6. Redundancy, Couplets, and Style -- 7. General Verbs and Auxiliary Verb Constructions -- 8. Some Unusual Examples of Syntax -- 9. The Verb Catalog -- Appendix 1 The Patterns of Affixation in the Writing System -- Appendix 2 Verbs and Affix Patterns According to T-Numbers -- Appendix 3 Catalog Summary According to Site and Monument Designation -- Appendix 4 Summary of the Chronology of the Verbs -- Appendix 5 Split-Ergativity in the Cholan and Yucatecan Languages by Barbara MacLeod -- References