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TABLE OF CONTENTS<br />

Acknowledgements vii<br />

Vita xiv<br />

Publications and presentations xv<br />

Abstract xvi<br />

Abbreviations and translations 1<br />

Preface 4<br />

Chapter 1: The BNBV inal distributional class 22<br />

Section 1.1: Directive case and the oblique object hypothesis 26<br />

Section 1.2: The bare noun + *bi-√ verb [BNBV] diagnostic 33<br />

Section 1.3: BNBV inal as a low source applicative 46<br />

Section 1.4: BNBV inal verbs of perception 56<br />

Section 1.5: BNBV inal verbs of adversity 61<br />

Section 1.6: Other BNBV inal verbs 75<br />

Section 1.7: Possible motivations for the BNBV inal distributional class 80<br />

Section 1.8: Ergative possessors and the transfer of possession model 86<br />

Chapter 2: Decomposing lexical aspect: Telicity, the particle-verb 92<br />

construction and secondary predication<br />

Section 2.1: Three aspects of predication: Grammatical, lexical 97<br />

and secondary<br />

Section 2.2: D-stem/Gtn-stem reduplication in Sumerian 105<br />

iv

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