Chapter 9. The clause and the meanings encoded in the grammatical system

Chapters in this book

1. Prelim pages i
2. Table of contents v
3. Acknowledgments xiii
4. List of abbreviations xv
5. Chapter 1. The importance of meaning for syntax 1
6. Chapter 2. Theoretical foundations of the proposed approach 15
7. Chapter 3. Why the meaning encoded in the grammatical system matters 49
8. Chapter 4. Lexical and morphological coding means and their implications 69
9. Chapter 5. Linear orders as coding means 85
10. Chapter 6. A methodology for the discovery of meanings encoded in the grammatical system 107
11. Chapter 7. The distinction between the meaning encoded in the grammatical system and inferences from utterances 137
12. Chapter 8. Indirectly affected argument, benefactive, and malefactive 159
13. Chapter 9. The clause and the meanings encoded in the grammatical system 179
14. Chapter 10. Clausal predications in English 207
15. Chapter 11. Clausal predications in Polish 221
16. Chapter 12. Clausal predications in Wandala 237
17. Chapter 13. Towards a non-aprioristic typology of functional categories 263
18. Chapter 14. Conclusions, implications, and open questions 281
19. References 291
20. Subject index 303
21. Language index 305
22. Name index 307