Simon C. Dik 
Advances in Functional Grammar [PDF ebook] 

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