Volume 2 of Non-nominative Subjects (NNSs) presents the most recent research on this topic from a wide range of languages from diverse language families of the world, with ample data and in-depth analysis. A significant feature of these volumes is that authors with different theoretical perspectives study the intricate questions raised by these constructions.Some of the central issues include the subject properties of noun phrases with ergative, dative, accusative and genitive case, case assignment and checking, anaphor–antecedent coreference, the nature of predicates withNNSs, whether they are volitional or non-volitional, possibilities of control coreference and agreement phenomena. These analyses have significant implications for theories of syntax and verbal semantics, first language acquisition of NNSs, convergence of case marking patterns in language contact situations, and the nature of syntactic change. Table of contents1. Syntactic change and convergence Harbir Kaur Arora and Karumuri Venkata Subbarao 1 2. The syntax of experiencers in the Himalayas Balthasar Bickel 25 3. Oblique-case subjects in Tsez Bernard Comrie 61 4. Experiencer objects in Iwaidjan languages Nicholas Evans 77 5. Case as agreement Peter Edwin Hook and Omkar N. Koul 101 6. Acquisition of dative subject in Tamil B. Lakshmi Bai 115 7. Southeast-Asian languages Makoto Minegishi 139 8. Subjecthood of non-nominatives in Gujarati P.J. Mistry 155 9. Oblique main arguments in Hindi as localizing predications Annie Montaut 187 10. Subjectless clauses in Irish Michael Noonan 211 11. Instrumental subjects in Motuna Masayuki Onishi 237 12. The indirect-influence marker in Balinese Asako Shiohara 257 13. Issues in case-marking Tasaku Tsunoda 275 14. Aquisition of the non-nominative subject in Telugu A. Usha Rani and V. Sailaja 287 15. Non-nominative subjects in Maithili Yogendra P. Yadava 301 Index 313