Frontmatter -- PREFACE -- TABLE OF CONTENTS -- CHAPTER I: INTRODUCTION -- CHAPTER II: ECUADORIAN QUECHUA, A BRIEF SKETCH -- CHAPTER III: CHANGES IN THE ECUADORIAN QUECHUA VERBAL PARADIGM -- CHAPTER IV: COMPLEX V' NODES IN ECUADORIAN QUECHUA -- CHAPTER V: THE STATUS OF THE MODAL SUFFIXES IN QUECHUA -- CHAPTER VI: THE COMPARATIVE IN ECUADORIAN QUECHUA -- CHAPTER VII: TOWARDS A THEORY OF SYNTACTIC CHANGE -- LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- RESUMEN EN ESPAÑOL