Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Acknowledgements ix
4. For colleagues x
5. Foreword to the second edition xii
6. Introduction 1
7. 1 Heads and modifiers 7
8. 2 Constituent structure 17
9. 3 Constructions 29
10. 4 Word classes 41
11. 5 The lexicon 54
12. 6 Clauses I 67
13. 7 Clauses II 80
14. 8 Clauses III 90
15. 9 Grammatical functions 98
16. 10 Syntactic linkage 109
17. 11 Heads and modifiers revisited 121
18. 12 Roles 127
19. 13 Clauses, sentences and text 140
20. 14 Syntax in discourse: aspect, tense, voice 158
21. Appendix 1 171
22. Appendix 2 173
23. Appendix 3 178
24. Appendix 4 180
25. Discussion of the exercises 182
26. Further reading 202
27. Index 205