John Benjamins, 2010. — 329 p.
Manifestations of ergativity in Amazonia
Francesc Queixalós and Spike Gildea
part 1. Well-established systems: Morphological ergativity
Ergativity in the Mayoruna branch of the Panoan family
David W. Fleck
Ergativity in Shipibo-Konibo, a Panoan language of the Ucayali
Pilar M. Valenzuela
How ergative is Cavineña?
Antoine Guillaume
The ergativity effect in Kuikuro (Southern Carib, Brazil)
Bruna Franchetto
Nominative-absolutive: Counter-universal split ergativity in Jê and Cariban
Spike Gildea and Flávia de Castro Alves
part 2. Recent diachronic innovations: Syntactic ergativity
Ergativity in Trumai
Raquel Guirardello-Damian
Grammatical relations in Katukina-Kanamari
Francesc Queixalós
The intransitive basis of Movima clause structure
Katharina Haude