Table of Contents

1. Foreword; 2. List of abbreviations; 3. Introduction; 4. I. Alignment and direction; 5. II. A theory of direction; 6. III. Algonquian languages; 7. IV. Kutenai; 8. V. Sahaptian languages; 9. VI. Kiowa-Tanoan languages; 10. VII. Mapudungun; 11. VIII. Conclusions; 12. Appendix 1: Algonquian paradigms; 13. Appendix 2: Analysis of Kiowa personal prefixes; 14. Appendix 3: Optimality-theoretic syntax of inverses; 15. References; 16. Language index; 17. Author index; 18. Subject index