Crucial Readings in Functional Grammar

Matthew Anstey, Charles Sturt University, Canberra, Australia & Free University, Amsterdam, The Netherlands; J. Lachlan Mackenzie, Lisbon, Portugal.

"The book has been carefully edited. [...] In summary, Anstey and Mackenzie have produced a book that fulfils their main purpose in providing a set of key readings in FG which have retained their interest and influence to the present day. The volume ist a welcome addition to the literature."John H. Connolly in: Functions of Language 1/2008

• Introduction Matthew P. Anstey and J. Lachlan Mackenzie Layers and operators in Functional Grammar Kees Hengeveld Toward a unified analysis of terms and predications Jan Rijkhoff Parts of speech Kees Hengeveld Predicates as referring expressions M. Evelien Keizer Places and things J. Lachlan Mackenzie The hierarchical structure of the clause and the typology of adverbial satellites Simon C. Dik, Kees Hengeveld, Elseline Vester, and Co Vet Semantic content and linguistic structure in Functional Grammar. On the semantics of 'nounhood' Peter Harder On assigning pragmatic functions in English J.Lachlan Mackenzie and M. Evelien Keizer The utterance as unit of description: implications for Functional Grammar Mike Hannay The multilayered structure of the utterance Co Vet Functional grammar and lexematics in lexicography Leocadio Martín Mingorance