Chapters in this book

1. Prelim pages i
2. Table of contents v
3. List of contributors vii
4. Preface ix
5. The hierarchical structure of utterances 1
6. The hierarchical structure of the clause and the typology of adverbial satellites 25
7. Sentential complements in functional grammar 71
8. Semantic relations in non-verbal predication 101
9. Asymmetries in the use of tense and modality 123
10. Tense, semantics and layered syntax 139
11. Toward a unified analysis of terms and predications 165
12. Layered syntax in role and reference grammar 193
13. On the semantics of conditionals 233
14. Linguistic representation and conceptual knowledge representation 263
15. The functional grammar computational natural language user and psychological adequacy 295
16. Context and language 313
17. Subject index 327
18. Index of names 341
19. Index of languages 347