| Preface | p. ix |
| Introduction | p. 1 |
| Linguistic semantics | p. 2 |
| Dimensions of imagery | p. 5 |
| Grammar as image | p. 12 |
| Grammatical organization | p. 15 |
| Grammatical classes | p. 19 |
| Grammatical constructions | p. 23 |
| Conclusion | p. 32 |
| Inside and outside in Cora | p. 33 |
| Theoretical preliminaries | p. 35 |
| Enclosure | p. 37 |
| Topographical domain | p. 41 |
| Accessibility | p. 45 |
| Scope | p. 51 |
| Implications | p. 55 |
| Nouns and verbs | p. 59 |
| Issues | p. 59 |
| Basic concepts | p. 61 |
| Bounding | p. 63 |
| Interconnection | p. 66 |
| Count vs. mass nouns | p. 69 |
| Relations | p. 74 |
| Processes | p. 78 |
| Motivation | p. 81 |
| Perfective vs. imperfective processes | p. 85 |
| Progressives | p. 91 |
| Abstract nouns | p. 97 |
| Conclusion | p. 100 |
| The English passive | p. 101 |
| Grammar and analyzability | p. 102 |
| Economy | p. 102 |
| Components | p. 104 |
| The symbolic nature of grammar | p. 105 |
| Semantic structure | p. 108 |
| Grammatical morphemes | p. 110 |
| Overtness of grammatical structure | p. 113 |
| Continuum of lexicon, morphology, and syntax | p. 115 |
| Descriptive framework | p. 116 |
| Linguistic organization | p. 116 |
| Syntagmatic combination | p. 120 |
| The passive construction | p. 127 |
| The perfect participle | p. 129 |
| The passive be | p. 135 |
| By-phrases | p. 139 |
| Related phenomena | p. 143 |
| Abstract motion | p. 149 |
| Basic concepts and assumptions | p. 149 |
| The characterization of verbs | p. 152 |
| Objective motion | p. 155 |
| Subjective motion | p. 157 |
| Avenues of semantic extension | p. 160 |
| Grammatical valence | p. 165 |
| Canonical instances | p. 167 |
| Noncanonical instances | p. 174 |
| Further departures from the canon | p. 179 |
| Scope and morphological layering | p. 183 |
| Active zones | p. 189 |
| The phenomenon | p. 189 |
| Analysis | p. 193 |
| Grammatical implications | p. 196 |
| The Yuman auxiliary | p. 203 |
| Transitivity, case, and grammatical relations | p. 209 |
| The conception of actions and events | p. 209 |
| Unmarked linguistic coding | p. 211 |
| Some basic grammatical constructs | p. 211 |
| Selection | p. 213 |
| Heads and tails | p. 216 |
| Complexities | p. 219 |
| Subjective asymmetry | p. 222 |
| Subject and object | p. 224 |
| Marked coding | p. 226 |
| Lexical options | p. 226 |
| Voice | p. 229 |
| Setting vs. participants | p. 230 |
| Case | p. 234 |
| General comments | p. 234 |
| Role archetypes | p. 236 |
| Correlation with grammatical relations | p. 239 |
| Ergativelabsolutive systems | p. 241 |
| The structure of events | p. 243 |
| Ergativity | p. 246 |
| Other case phenomena | p. 249 |
| Causative constructions | p. 254 |
| Complex events | p. 254 |
| Causatives derived from intransitives | p. 256 |
| Causatives derived from transitives | p. 258 |
| A usage-based model | p. 261 |
| Two conceptions of generality | p. 261 |
| The network conception | p. 266 |
| General applicability | p. 272 |
| Distribution | p. 278 |
| Conclusion | p. 288 |
| Autonomy and agreement | p. 289 |
| The autonomy issue | p. 289 |
| The symbolic alternative | p. 292 |
| Grammatical markings | p. 301 |
| Agreement | p. 307 |
| Conclusion | p. 313 |
| Subjectification | p. 315 |
| Perspective | p. 315 |
| Grounding | p. 318 |
| The nature of subjectification | p. 324 |
| A spatial example | p. 326 |
| The future sense of 'go' | p. 330 |
| Modals | p. 333 |
| Possession and perfect aspect | p. 337 |
| Conclusion | p. 341 |
| Final remarks | p. 343 |
| Notes | p. 345 |
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| Bibliography | p. 367 |
| Index | p. 383 |
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