The grammar of causation has long been an intensely scrutinized area of language studies. Despite this, a great deal about the grammar of causation remains a mystery. This volume aims to unravel some of the mysteries.

1. Preface; 2. Appreciation (by Davis, Philip W.); 3. Abbreviations; 4. Introduction: Some basic issues in the grammar of causation (by Shibatani, Masayoshi); 5. Cooperation and interpersonal manipulation in the society of intimates (by Givon, T.); 6. Verbs of interpersonal causality and the folk theory of mind and behavior (by Malle, Bertram F.); 7. The causative continuum (by Shibatani, Masayoshi); 8. Causation, constructions, and language ecology: An example from French (by Achard, Michel); 9. Tarascan causatives and event complexity (by Maldonado, Ricardo); 10. Some constraints on Cora causative constructions (by Vazquez Soto, Veronica); 11. Olutec causatives and applicatives (by Zavala, Roberto); 12. On some causative doublets in Classical Nahuatl (by Launey, Michel); 13. The notion of transfer in Sikuani causatives (by Queixalos, Francesc); 14. Causative constructions in Akawaio (by Stefanowitsch, Anatol); 15. Causation in Matses (Panoan, Amazonian Peru) (by Fleck, David W.); 16. Causativization and transitivity in Shipibo-Konibo (by Valenzuela, Pilar M.); 17. Causatives in Asheninka: The case for a sociative source (by Payne, David); 18. Guarani causative constructions (by Velazquez-Castillo, Maura); 19. General index