The Grammar of Case: Towards a Localistic Theory

Part I. Preliminaries: 1. Introduction 2. A sketch of grammar Part II. Nominative and Ergative: 3. Nominative 4. Ergative 5. Nominative, ergative and causatives Part III. Locative and Ablative: 6. Locative 7. Abstract location 8. Ablative 9. Abstract direction Part IV. Interlude: 10. Sequencing Part V. 'Local' and 'non-local': 11. Ablative and ergative, locative and nominative 12. Prospect and retrospect: Bibliography and abbreviations Index.