Part I Introduction 1. Orientation 2. Grammatical Sketch Part II The Semantic Types 3. Noun, Adjective, and Verb Types 4. Primary-A Verb Types 5. Primary-B Verb Types 6. Secondary Verb Types Part III Some Grammatical Topics 7. Tense and Aspect 8. Complement Clauses 9. Transitivity and Causatives 10. Nominalisations and Possession 11. Passives 12. Adverbs and Negation 13. Promotion to Subject 14. GIVE A VERB, HAVE A VERB, and TAKE A VERB Constructions Appendix References Books by R.M.W. Dixon Index

R. M. W. Dixon , The Cairns Institute, James Cook University

Review from previous edition `Dixon makes insightful and extensive comments on each semantic subtype and its syntactic distribution. The motivated reader ... will find many valid observations and interesting details in Dixon's painstaking descriptions ... a valuable resource book for the nonspecialist who is curious about language.' Language |d 16/12/1992