Miriam Butt is Professor of Theoretical and Computational Linguistics at the University of Konstanz.

"I am incredibly impressed with the breadth of theories understood and discussed by Butt. She has read widely and processed the material in such a way as to make it uncommonly accessible. I recommend the book for your reference library, whether you are a field linguist or a grammar teacher. It could even serve as a good textbook choice for any grammar teacher who surveys morphosyntactic theory." - Lou Hohulin, Sil International

• 1. Introduction; 2. Foundational perspectives; 3. Grammatical relations; 4. Structural case; 5. Linking theories; 6. The ergative dragon; 7. The semantics of case; 8. All theories great and small.

Miriam Butt is Professor of Theoretical and Computational Linguistics at the University of Konstanz.

"I am incredibly impressed with the breadth of theories understood and discussed by Butt. She has read widely and processed the material in such a way as to make it uncommonly accessible. I recommend the book for your reference library, whether you are a field linguist or a grammar teacher. It could even serve as a good textbook choice for any grammar teacher who surveys morphosyntactic theory." - Lou Hohulin, Sil International

• 1. Introduction; 2. Foundational perspectives; 3. Grammatical relations; 4. Structural case; 5. Linking theories; 6. The ergative dragon; 7. The semantics of case; 8. All theories great and small.

Miriam Butt is Professor of Theoretical and Computational Linguistics at the University of Konstanz.

"I am incredibly impressed with the breadth of theories understood and discussed by Butt. She has read widely and processed the material in such a way as to make it uncommonly accessible. I recommend the book for your reference library, whether you are a field linguist or a grammar teacher. It could even serve as a good textbook choice for any grammar teacher who surveys morphosyntactic theory." - Lou Hohulin, Sil International

• 1. Introduction; 2. Foundational perspectives; 3. Grammatical relations; 4. Structural case; 5. Linking theories; 6. The ergative dragon; 7. The semantics of case; 8. All theories great and small.