A number of features of Hup grammar are typologically significant, such as its strategy of inversion in question formation, its system of Differential Object Marking, and its treatment of possession. Hup also exhibits several highly unusual paths of grammaticalization, such as the development of a verbal future suffix from the noun
‘stick, tree’.
The book also includes a selection of texts and a CD-ROM with audio files.
Patience Epps, University of Texas at Austin, USA.