i-iv -- Contents -- List of Contributors -- Introduction -- Complex nuclei in Oceanic languages: Contribution to an areal typology -- What do we really know about serial verb constructions in Austronesian and Papuan languages? -- Core-layer junctures in Saliba -- Serial and complex verb constructions in Teop -- Chains of freedom: Constraints and creativity in the macro-verb strategies of Mwotlap -- Serial and compound verbs in Anejom̃ -- Complex verbs and dependency strategies in Nêlêmwa (New Caledonia) -- Complex predicate constructions in East Uvean (Wallis) -- Serial verbs and complex constructions in Pileni -- Complex predicates in Tahitian: A particular case of qualitative modification -- Complex predicates and Juxtapositional Constructions in Samoan -- The grammaticization of directional verbs in Oceanic languages -- The evolution of the verb 'take' in New Caledonian languages -- Verbal compounds and lexical prefixes in the languages of New Caledonia -- References -- Index