Frontmatter — Preface — Contents — List of abbreviations and symbols — Introductory survey — Chapter 1. Basic principles of functional grammar — Predicate typology — Chapter 2. Nominal predicates in a functional grammar of English — Possessive constructions — Chapter 3 Genitive and dative possessors in Latin — Chapter 4 On non-verbal predicates in functional grammar: the case of possessives in Hungarian — Chapter 5 Possessive constructions in French — Semantic and syntactic functions — Chapter 6 Alpha vs non-alpha: some observations on the position of semantic functions on the SFH — Chapter 7 Three passive-like constructions in Indonesian — Chapter 8 Between object and oblique: in defence of secondary object — Chapter 9 Impersonal constructions in functional grammar — Pragmatic Functions — Chapter 10 The focus function in functional grammar: questions of contrast and context — Chapter 11 On subordination in Usan and other Papuan languages — Principles of constituent ordering — Chapter 12 Placement rules and syntactic templates — Chapter 13 Two constraints on relators and what they can do for us — The historical dimension — Chapter 14 Historical functional grammar: an outline of an integrated theory of language change — The psychological dimension — Chapter 15 Pragmatic constraints on subject and agent selection — Chapter 16 The relationship between formal and content properties of speech: Differences between first and second language learners — Wider perspectives — Chapter 17 On the methodology of a functional language theory — Chapter 18 Towards an integrated model of a functional grammar — Author index — Language index — Subject index