Combines data from a wide range of languages, analyzed with a theoretical apparatus capable of isolating the most important syntactic and semantic parameters and of drawing those generalizations that are most significant from a cross-linguistic perspective. Translated from the original Russian edition (1983).

1. Foreword (by Comrie, Bernard); 2. Preface (by Nedjalkov, Vladimir P.); 3. From the Preface to the Russian Edition; 4. Abbreviations; 5. I. Theoretical Aspects of the Investigation of Resultative Constructions; 6. The Typology of Resultative Constructions (by Nedjalkov, Vladimir P.); 7. Resultative, Perfect and Aspect (by Maslov, Jurij S.); 8. The Structure of Verbal Meaning and the Resultative (by Sil'nickij, George G.); 9. Resultatives: Classification and Calculus (by Jaxontov, Sergej Je.); 10. II. Resultative Constructions Across Languages; 11. Resultative in Chinese (by Jaxontov, Sergej Je.); 12. Resultative and Continuative in Nivkh (by Nedjalkov, Vladimir P.); 13. Resultative and Perfect in Chukchee (by Nedjalkov, Vladimir P.); 14. The Resultative in Archi (by Kibrik, Aleksandr E.); 15. Resultative and Passive in Aleut (by Golovko, Evgeniy V.); 16. Resultative in Asiatic Eskimo (by Vaxtin, Nikolaj B.); 17. Resultative and Perfect in Mongolian (by Dugarova, Galina S.); 18. Stative, Resultive, and Perfect Passive in Uzbek (by Nasilov, Dmitrij M.); 19. Resultative in Ewe (by Litvinov, Viktor P.); 20. Stative, Resultative, Passive, and Perfect in Evenki (by Nedjalkov, Igor' V.); 21. Stative, Resultative, Passive and Perfect in Georgian (by Macavariani, Maja V.); 22. Stative, Resultative, Passive, and Perfect in Ancient Greek (Homeric Greek) (by Perel'muter, Ilja A.); 23. Stative, Resultative, Perfect, and Passive in Tongan (by Polinskaja, Marija S.); 24. Resultative, Passive and Neutral verbs in Indonesian (by Salim, Agus); 25. Resultative and Passive in Arabic (by Xrakovskij, Victor S.); 26. Resultative, Passive and Perfect in Russian (by Knjazev, Jurij P.); 27. Resultative, Passive, and Perfect in Lithuanian (by Geniusiene, Emma S.); 28. Resultative, Passive, and Perfect in Russian Dialects (by Trubinskij, Valentin I.); 29. Resultative, Passive, and Perfect in German (by Nedjalkov, Vladimir P.); 30. Resultative, Passive, and Perfect in Norwegian (by Berkov, Valerij P.); 31. Resultative, Passive and Perfect in Armenian (by Kozinceva, Natalia A.); 32. Resultative and Perfect Passive in Finnish (by Volodin, Aleksandr P.); 33. Resultative and Apparent Evidential in Dogon (by Plungian, Vladimir A.); 34. Resultatives: Results and Discussion (by Kozinsky, Isaac); 35. References; 36. Sources; 37. Personal Names Index; 38. Language Index; 39. Subject Index

I believe firmly that the present volume, like its predecessors, is essential reading for every linguist interested in universals and typology, if not indeed for every linguist irrespective of subspecialization, and this English edition at last makes this work available to a truly international linguistic readership.