Cover; Title page; Copyright page; Dedication; Editorial Note; Preface; Contents; List of Tables; Abbreviations; Chapter1 -- Introduction; 1. Preliminary Remarks; 1.1 Dialect Choice; 1.2 Overview of Certain Linguistic Features of Ngwa Igbo; 1.2.1 The Phonology of Ngwa Igbo; 1.2.1.1 The Vowel System of Ngwa Igbo; 1.2.1.2 Vowel Harmony; 1.2.1.3 The Ngwa Igbo Consonant System; 1.2.1.3.1 A Note on Some Ngwa Igbo Consonants; 1.2.1.4 The Tonal System of Ngwa Igbo; 1.2.1.4.1 Lexical Function of Tones in Ngwa Igbo; 1.2.1.4.2 Grammatical Function of Tones in Ngwa Igbo
1.2.1.4.3 Tone Classes for Nouns and Verbs1.2.1.4.4 Tone Marking Convention; 1.2.1.5 Ngwa Igbo Syllable Structure; 1.2.2Ngwa Igbo Morphology; 1.2.2.1 Affixation in Ngwa Igbo; 1.2.2.2 Ngwa Igbo Prefixes; 1.2.2.3 Ngwa Igbo Suffixes; 1.2.2.3.1 Ngwa Igbo Inflectional Suffixes; 1.2.2.3.2 Extensional Suffixes in Ngwa Igbo; 1.2.2.4 Ngwa Igbo Interfixes; 1.2.2.5 A Note on Ngwa Igbo Verb Morphology; 1.3 Theoretical Framework; 1.3.1 Shortest Move; 1.3.2 Greed; 1.3.3 Procrastinate; 1.3.4 Operations of the MP; Chapter 2 -- The Theory of Causativity; 2 Preliminary Remarks; 2.1 Causatives: A General Review
2.1.1 The Term 'Causative': Some Definitions2.1.2 Analytical (Syntactic) Causatives; 2.1.3 Morphological Causatives; 2.1.4 Lexical Causatives; 2.2 The Semantics of Causatives; 2.2.1 Predicates and States of Affairs; 2.2.2 Immediate and Mediated Causations; 2.2.3 Causativity and Agentivity; 2.2.3.1 Actor: The Generalized Agent-type Role; 2.2.4 Ergativity and Causativity; 2.3 Changes in Valency and Grammatical Relations; 2.3.1 Valency Decreasing Mechanisms; 2.3.2 Valency Increasing Mechanism; 2.3.2.1 Applicatives; 2.3.2.2 Possessor Raising; 2.3.2.3 Causatives and Valency Changes
2.3.2.3.1 Causative of Intransitive Verbs2.3.2.3.2 Causative of Monotransitive Verbs; 2.3.2.3.3 Causative of Ditransitive Verbs; 2.4 Causatives: A Theoretical Overview; 2.4.1 Comrie (1976a); 2.4.2 Marantz (1984); 2.4.2.1 Marantz's Kinds of Causative Constructions; 2.4.2.1.1 Causative Constructions without Merger; 2.4.2.1.2 Derived Morphological Causative Constructions; 2.4.2.1.3 Merger and Splitting Type of Causative Construction; 2.4.3 Baker (1988); 2.4.3.1 Baker's Verb Incorporation Proposal; 2.4.3.2 Baker's Verb Incorporation and some Syntactic Principles; 2.4.4 Li (1990)
2.4.4.1 An Outline of Li's (1990) Analysis2.4.4.2 The Range of VI Triggering Verbs; 2.4.4.3 CP or VP Complement to Causative Verb; 2.4.4.4 Li's (1990) Revision of Chomsky's (1986b) Binding Theory; Chapter 3 -- Analytical Causative Constructions; 3 Preliminary Remarks; 3.1 The Analytical Causative Construction; 3.1.1 The Complement to the Causative '-me'; 3.1.2 Topicalization, Clefting and the Subject Pronominal Clitic Strategies; 3.1.3 Anatomy of the Clause Complement to the Causative Verb '-me'; 3.1.4 The Derivation of the me -- Analytical Causative; 3.1.5 The Abstract Light Verb Proposal
