Complex and Derived Constructions

Frontmatter -- Preface -- Table of contents -- List of tables and figures -- Abbreviations used in FG-representations -- 1. Predicate formation -- 2. Verbal restrictors 1: general properties -- 3. Verbal restrictors 2: types -- 4. Verbal restrictors 3: explanations -- 5. Embedded constructions 1: semantic parameters -- 6. Embedded constructions 2: functional and formal parameters -- 7. Embedded constructions 3: types -- 8. Polarity distinctions -- 9. Coordination -- 10. Anaphora -- 11. The illocutionary layer -- 12. Interrogative clauses -- 13. Focus constructions: basic patterns -- 14. Predicate focus; cleft interrogatives; demarking of Focus constructions -- 15. Discrepancies between underlying clause structure and surface expression -- 16. Accessibility -- 17. Extra-clausal constituents -- 18. Towards a functional grammar of discourse -- References -- Index of languages -- Index of names -- Index of subjects von Dik, Simon C.;