Table of Contents

Preface; 1. Introduction to the experiencer subject construction Manindra K. Verma and K. P. Mohanan; 2. Subjects, case and INFL in Sinhala James W. Gair; 3. Dative subjects in Malayalam: semantic information in syntax K. P. Mohanan and Tara Mohanan; 4. Experiencer and other oblique subjects in Hindi Yamuna Kachru; 5. Comments on the papers by James W. Gair, Yamuna Kachru, and K. P. Mohanan and Tara Mohanan Margaret Speas; 6. Dative/experiencer subjects in Maithili Mithilesh K. Mishra; 7. Oblique subjects in Sanskrit Hans Henrich Hock; 8. A note on 'davite agents' in Sanskrit George Cardona; 9. Some features of the Sampradana Karaka in Panini Madhav M. Deshpande; 10. Experiencer (dative) NPs in Marathi Rajeshwari Pandharipande; 11. The notion 'subject' in Punjabi and Lahanda Tej K. Bhatia; 12. Experiencer subjects in Manipuri Shobhana Chelliah; 13. Dative/accusative subjects in Marwari David Magier; 14. Subjective experiencers in Northern Havyaka Kannada Helen E. Ullrich; 15. Experiental constructions and the 'subjecthood' of the experiencer NPs in South Asian languages Anvita Abbi; 16. The dative subject construction and the pro-drop parameter K. A. Jayaseelan; 17. Case-marking choices for experiencer subjects R. Amritavalli; 18. Involuntary experience in Kalasha Elena Bashir; 19. Experiencers in South Asian languages: a gallery Peter Edwin Hook; 20. Varied case markings in obligational constructions Colin P. Masica; 21. Cislocative, affectiveness, and experiencer subject in Gorum Arlene R. K. Zide; 22. Comments on the papers by Elena Bashir, Peter Hook, Colin P. Masica, and Arlene Zide Alice Davison; Indices.