In:Topicality and the Shaping of Grammar: New perspectives from lesser-studied languages
Edited by Enrique L. Palancar, Claudine Chamoreau and Anaïd Donabédian
[Typological Studies in Language 137] 2026
► pp. v–vi
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Table of contents
Introduction
Enrique L. Palancar
Claudine Chamoreau
Anaïd Donabédian
Part 1.Methods for documenting topic and focus in lesser-studied languages
Chapter 1.Strategies for documenting topic and focus
in understudied languages
in understudied languages
Judith Aissen
Part 2.Topicality and the grammatical encoding of core arguments
Chapter 2.Establishing and navigating polysynthetic reference
Marianne Mithun
Chapter 3.Lexical, pronominal and zero argument encoding in Movima
Katharina Haude
Marc Allassonnière-Tang
Chapter 4.Information structure and optional case marking
in Pesh (Chibchan)
in Pesh (Chibchan)
Claudine Chamoreau
Chapter 5.Discourse topic and differential object marking
in Zenzontepec Chatino
in Zenzontepec Chatino
Eric W. Campbell
Chapter 6.Word order, anaphora, and topicality in Eastern Armenian
Katherine Hodgson
Victoria Khurshudyan
Anaïd Donabédian
Part 3.Topicality and the use of grammatical voice
Chapter 7.Discourse and reference tracking effects on voice alternations
in Northern Amis (Austronesian)
in Northern Amis (Austronesian)
Isabelle Bril
Chapter 8.The emergence of an inverse marking system in Jitotoltec
Roberto Zavala Maldonado
Chapter 9.Topicality, word order and voice in Otomi
Enrique L. Palancar
