ABSTRACT
After introducing the ways in which languages can indicate grammatical relations within the clause (Section 6.1), this chapter outlines in detail the major systems: constituent order (6.2); case systems (6.3); and agreement and cross-referencing (6.4). Section 6.5 looks at grammatical relations cross-linguistically, and asks whether they are universal. Section 6.6 is a case study of languages with ‘free’ word order, based on Warlpiri.
