Chapters in this book

1. Prelim pages i
2. Table of contents v
3. Acknowledgements xiii
4. Preface xv
5. 1. Functionalist approaches to language 1
6. 2. Functionalism, structural functionalism and structural-functional grammars 33
7. 3. The clause in Functional Grammar 63
8. 4. The clause in Role and Reference Grammar 119
9. 5. The clause in Systematic Functional Grammar 153
10. 6. An interim critical comparison of approaches 199
11. 7. The structure and meaning of phrasal units 251
12. 8. Representing situations 337
13. 9. Temporality, aspectuality, modality and polarity 449
14. References 511
15. Name index 535
16. Language index 541
17. Subject index 543