In terms of its linguistic and cultural make-up, the continent of South America provides linguists and anthropologists with a complex puzzle of language diversity. This title deals with the linguistic diversity found in South America within the area of clause subordination.

1. List of contributors; 2. Subordination in South America: An overview (by Gijn, Rik van); 3. Subordinate adverbial constructions in Mekens (by Galucio, Ana Vilacy); 4. Relative clauses in Mebengokre (by Salanova, Andres Pablo); 5. Clause embedding strategies in Baure (Arawakan) (by Danielsen, Swintha); 6. Subordinate clauses, switch-reference, and tail-head linkage in Cavinena narratives (by Guillaume, Antoine); 7. Referring to states and events: Subordination in Movima (by Haude, Katharina); 8. Semantic and grammatical integration in Yurakare subordination (by Gijn, Rik van); 9. Subordination in Cholon (by Alexander-Bakkerus, Astrid); 10. Cofan subordinate clauses in a typology of subordination (by Fischer, Rafael); 11. Relative clauses in Ecuadorian Quechua (by Muysken, Pieter); 12. Participial clauses in Tarma Quechua (by Adelaar, Willem F.H.); 13. Complex sentences in Uchumataqu in a comparative perspective with Chipaya (by Hannss, Katja); 14. Author index; 15. Language index; 16. Subject index