Frontmatter -- Preface -- Contributors -- Contents -- The converb as a cross-linguistically valid category -- The meaning of converb constructions -- Some typological parameters of converbs -- Verb serialization and converbs - differences and similarities -- Adverbial participial clauses in English -- Russian converbs: A typological outline -- The Hungarian converb or verbal adverbial in -va/-ve -- On Turkic converb clauses -- Converbs in Turkish child language: The grammaticalization of event coherence -- The system of switch-reference in Tuva: Converbal and masdar-case forms -- Contextual and specialized converbs in Lezgian -- Converbs in Evenki -- Converbs in Japanese -- Burushaski converbs in their South and Central Asian areal context -- bibliography of converbs -- Index of authors -- Index of subjects -- Index of languages