Linker in the Khoisan Languages

The linker introduces (links) a variety of expressions into the verb phrase including locatives the second object of a double object construction the second object of a causative instruments subject matter arguments and adverbs. This volume collects together Chris Collins's published work on the linker in the Khoisan languages. Here Collins offers a systematic description of the linker in lHo� Ju-'hoan N-uu and to a lesser extent Xo� and -Xam. For each language Collins illustrates various uses of the linker drawing attention to cross-linguistic generalizations as well as to variation between the languages. The work presented in this volume should be of interest to researchers working in a wide variety of syntactic frameworks on different languages of the world.<br>