Syntax and Pragmatics in Functional Grammar

Foreword
Table of Contents
List of abbreviations and symbols
Chapter 1. Cohesiveness and syntactic variation: quantitative vs. qualitative grammar
Chapter 2. The typology of embedded predications and the SOV/SVO shift in Western Germanic
Chapter 3. Functional Grammar and intonation
Chapter 4. Inferrability, discourse-boundness, and sub-topics
Chapter 5. A functional approach to some constructions of spoken Dutch
Chapter 6. Topics in Arabic: towards a functional analysis
Chapter 7. Some considerations concerning the notion of 'psychological reality' in functional grammar
Chapter 8. The discourse function of the passive
Chapter 9. Semantic and syntactic functions in Toba Batak: some implications for functional grammar
Chapter 10. Pragmatic and syntactic aspects of word order in Dutch
Chapter 11. Topic and Focus in Wambon discourse
Chapter 12. Parentheticals and functional grammar
References
Index of authors
Index of languages and language-families
Index of subjects