Contents: M. Tomasello, Introduction: A Cognitive-Functional Perspective on Language Structure. R.W. Langacker, Conceptualization, Symbolization, and Grammar. T. Givon, The Functional Approach to Grammar. W. Croft, The Structure of Events and the Structure of Language. W. Chafe, Language and the Flow of Thought. A. Wierzbicka, The Semantics of English Causative Constructions in a Universal-Typological Perspective. P.J. Hopper, Emergent Grammar. J.R. Taylor, Syntactic Constructions as Prototype Categories. A.E. Goldberg, Patterns of Experience in Patterns of Language. R.D. Van Valin, Jr., The Acquisition of WH-Questions and the Mechanisms of Language Acquisition. G. Fauconnier, Mental Spaces, Language Modalities, and Conceptual Integration.
