Advances in Functional Grammar

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Frontmatter -- Preface -- Contents -- List of abbreviations and symbols -- Introductory survey -- Chapter 1. Basic principles of functional grammar -- Predicate typology -- Chapter 2. Nominal predicates in a functional grammar of English -- Possessive constructions -- Chapter 3 Genitive and dative possessors in Latin -- Chapter 4 On non-verbal predicates in functional grammar: the case of possessives in Hungarian -- Chapter 5 Possessive constructions in French -- Semantic and syntactic functions -- Chapter 6 Alpha vs non-alpha: some observations on the position of semantic functions on the SFH -- Chapter 7 Three passive-like constructions in Indonesian -- Chapter 8 Between object and oblique: in defence of secondary object -- Chapter 9 Impersonal constructions in functional grammar -- Pragmatic Functions -- Chapter 10 The focus function in functional grammar: questions of contrast and context -- Chapter 11 On subordination in Usan and other Papuan languages -- Principles of constituent ordering -- Chapter 12 Placement rules and syntactic templates -- Chapter 13 Two constraints on relators and what they can do for us -- The historical dimension -- Chapter 14 Historical functional grammar: an outline of an integrated theory of language change -- The psychological dimension -- Chapter 15 Pragmatic constraints on subject and agent selection -- Chapter 16 The relationship between formal and content properties of speech: Differences between first and second language learners -- Wider perspectives -- Chapter 17 On the methodology of a functional language theory -- Chapter 18 Towards an integrated model of a functional grammar -- Author index -- Language index -- Subject index