
Layered Structure and Reference in a Functional Perspective
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- LAYERED STRUCTURE AND REFERENCE IN A FUNCTIONAL PERSPECTIVE
- Editorial page
- Title page
- Copyright page
- Table of contents
- List of Contributors
- Preface
- References
- Predicates as Referring Expressions
- 0. Introduction
- 1. Predicates as referring expressions
- 2. On (non-) referentiality
- 3. Consequences for copular sentences
- 4. The representation of identifying constructions
- 5. Implications for Topic assignment
- 6. Conclusion
- Notes
- References
- Parts of Speech
- 0. Introduction
- 1. Variables for predicates
- 2. New definitions for four parts of speech
- 3. Parts-of-speech systems
- 4. Conclusion
- Notes
- References
- Predication, Aspect, and Negation
- 0. Introduction
- 1. Aktionsart
- 2. Perfective and Imperfective Aspect
- 3. Composed Past and Pluperfect
- 4. Negation
- 5. Conclusion
- Notes
- References
- Subjective vs. Objective Modality: What Is the Difference?
- 0. Introduction
- 1. The distinction
- 2. Some problematic facts
- 3. A re-consideration of the distinction
- 4. Consequences for a layered representation of utterances
- Notes
- References
- Aspect and Superaspect in Koyukon: An Application of the Functional Grammar Model toa Polysynthetic Language
- 1. Introduction
- 2. The nature of aspect and aspectual derivation in Koyukon
- 3. Illustrative derivations
- 4. The expression rules
- 5. Discussion
- Notes
- References
- Derivation and Inflection in a Functional Grammarof West Greenlandic
- 0. Introduction
- 1. West Greenlandic morphology
- 2. Morphology in FG
- 3. Verbalizing affixation
- 4. Verbal expansion
- 5. Verbal modification
- 6. Sentential affixation
- 7. Discussion and conclusion
- Notes
- References
- Unit Accentuation as an Expression Device forPredicate Formation. The Case of Syntactic NounIncorporation in Danish
- 0. The structure of the paper
- 1. Introduction: the nature of the phenomenon
- 2. The syntax of the syntactic Noun Incorporation construction: predicate formation
- 3. Factors determining NI/UA
- 4. The phonology of the syntactic Noun Incorporation construction: Unit Accentuation
- 5. The lexicon and the fund - and beyond
- 6. Empirical matters: some quantitative results
- 7. Further prospects
- APPENDIX I: The range of distributions of Noun Incorporation/Unit Accentuation
- APPENDIX II: Some problems posed for FG by IN's in Danish - and some possible solutions.
- APPENDIX III: A sample derivation
- Acknowledgements
- Notes
- References
- The Treatment of Turkish Nominal Compounds in FG
- 0. Introduction
- 1. Nominal compounds
- 2 Terms as Input?
- 3. Evaluation
- 4. Compounding and Derivation
- 5. On Lexicalization
- 6. Summary and Conclusions
- Notes
- References
- Places and Things
- 0. Introduction
- 1. Places are not entities
- 2. Entities and places in Functional Grammar
- 3. Entities and places in English
- 4. Consequences for FG
- 5. Non-locational p-terms with nominal restrictor
- 6. Non-locational p-terms with predicational restrictor
- 7. 'Place': variable or lexeme?
- 8. Locational p-terms
- 9. Non-locational p-terms with adpositional predicate
- 10. Conclusion
- Notes
- References
- Classifiers in a Functional Perspective
- 1. Classifiers in Dik's Functional Grammar
- 2. A morpho-syntactic typology of classifiers
- 3. Some arguments in support of the classifier typology
- 4. Back to classifiers in Functional Grammar
- References
- Semantic Content and Linguistic Structure inFunctional Grammar. On the Semantics of 'Nounhood'
- 1. Semantics and underlying structure
- 2. Meaning as input to interpretation
- 3. Terms and predicates
- 4. Term semantics: the FG apparatus and the instructional alternative
- 5. Word classes
- 6. Reference
- 7. A reinterpretation of some examples
- 8. Conclusion
- Notes
- References
- Free Relatives
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Layering
- 3. Restrictives and appositives
- 4. Free relatives
- 5. Free appositives
- 6. Conclusion
- Notes
- References
- Number, Gender and Countability in Danish: An FG Approach
- 0. Introduction
- 1. Number and countability
- 2. Number and countability in FG
- 3. Gender in Danish
- 4. Gender in FG
- 5. Underlying structure, content syntax and expression syntax
- 6. A brief summary
- Notes
- References
- Conditionals in the Layered Structure of Functional Grammar
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Propositional conditionals and the layered typology of satellites
- 3. The underlying structure of propositional conditionals
- 4. The underlying structure of illocutionary and non-restrictive propositionalconditionals: remaining problems
- 5. Conclusion
- Notes
- References
- Limits to Layering: Locatability and Other Problems
- 0. Introduction
- 1. Some inconsistencies
- 2. ILL and converted ILL
- 3. The problem of extra-clausal constituents
- 4. Some problems for the layered structure
- 5. Concluding remarks
- Notes
- References
- Layers in FG and GB
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Hierarchical structure in FG
- 3. X-bar hierarchical constituency structure
- 4. Comparing the hierarchical structures
- 5. Hierarchical structure and clausal complementation
- 6. Some final remarks
- Notes
- References
- Subject Index
- Index of Names
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