Introduction

Chapters in this book

1. Prelim pages i
2. Table of contents v
3. Introduction ix
4. Intonation and meaning in spontaneous discourse 1
5. On the ineffability of grammatical categories 27
6. Systemic syntax from a lexical point of view 53
7. Sense and structure in lexis 73
8. Text, terms and meanings 99
9. Politeness and the semantics of modalised directives in English 119
10. On different possibilities in the syntax of English 155
11. The English personal pronouns 185
12. Semantics for a systemic grammar 221
13. Grammatical conspiracies in tagalog 243
14. Generic situation and register 301
15. What did Milton say belial said and why don’t the critics believe him? 331
16. The interaction of language and music as semiotic systems 393
17. Index 443