Frontmatter -- The preface by the series editor -- Acknowledgements -- Preface -- Contents -- List of figures -- List of tables -- Abbreviations -- Chapter 1 Introduction -- Chapter 2 Sound system -- Chapter 3 Noun phrases -- Chapter 4 Verb phrases -- Chapter 5 Ditransitive constructions -- Chapter 6 Analytic causative constructions -- Chapter 7 Passive constructions -- Chapter 8 Differential object marking constructions -- Chapter 9 Constructions of comparison -- Chapter 10 Aspect system -- Chapter 11 Modal system -- Chapter 12 Negation -- Chapter 13 Interrogatives -- Chapter 14 Relative clauses -- Chapter 15 Clause linking: Complementation, coordination and adverbial subordination -- Chapter 16 Conclusion -- Text 1 The man and the tiger -- Text 2 The zombie wife -- Bibliography -- Index