LAYERS AND LEVELSOF REPRESENTATION IN LANGUAGE THEORY A FUNCTIONAL VIEW -- Editorial page -- Title page -- Copyrigh page -- Table of contents -- List of Contributors -- Preface -- References -- The Hierarchical Structure of Utterances -- 0. Introduction -- 1. The representation of utterances -- 2. Layers, variables and frames -- 2.1. Layers and variables -- 2.2. Frames -- 3. Operators and satellites -- 3.1. Operators -- 3.2 Satellites -- 4. Subordination -- 4.1. Complements -- 4.2. Satellites -- 5. Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- The Hierarchical Structure of the Clause and the Typology of Adverbial Satellites -- 0. Introduction -- 1. The status of satellites -- 2. Satellite typology -- 2.1. General outline -- 2.2. Predicate satellites -- 2.3. Predication satellites -- 2.4. Proposition satellites -- 2.5. Illocutionary satellites -- 3. Some formal and behavioural correlates -- 3.1. Representational (σ1, σ2) vs. interpersonal satellites (σ3, σ4) -- 3.2. Predicate (σ1) vs. predication (σ2) satellites -- 3.3. Proposition (σ3) vs. Illocutionaty (σ4) satellites -- 3.4. Negation -- 4. Other parameters -- 4.1. The internal structure of satellites -- 4.2. Restrictive and non-restrictive satellites -- 5. Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- Sentential Complements in Functional Grammar: Embedded Predications, Propositions, Utterances in Latin -- 0. Introduction -- 1. Layers and complements -- 2. Data from Latin complements -- 2.1. Evidence from verbs of speech: Ε vs. X plus ILL -- 2.2. Verbs of mental activity -- 2.3. Verbs of evaluation: X- and e-type complements -- 2.4. Latin verbs of 'happening' -- 3. Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- Semantic Relations in Non-Verbal Predication -- 0. Introduction -- 1. Non-verbal predicates -- 2. Arguments -- 3. Predicability -- 4. Copula constructions -- 5. Further perspectives -- Notes -- References.

Asymmetries in the Use of Tense and Modality -- 0. Introduction -- 1. Terms, propositions and utterances -- 2. Some cases of asymmetry -- 2.1. The verb 'hear' in English -- 2.2. Future tense in French -- 3. Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- Tense, Semantics and Layered Syntax -- 0. Introduction: Some basic assumptions -- 1. Sentences as signs: On content and expression in syntax -- 2. On the semantic content of operators -- 3. Tense operators as signs - and their syntax -- 4. Instructional semantics and auxiliaries -- 5. Cross-linguistic perspectives -- 6. Content elements in the four-layered model -- 7. Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- Toward a Unified Analysis of Terms and Predications -- 0. Introduction -- 1. Terms and predications -- 2. Quality operators -- 2.1. Verbal aspect -- 2.2. Nominal aspect -- 2.3. The representation of quality operators -- 3. Quantity operators -- 3.1. Number and cardinality -- 3.2 The representation of quantity operators -- 4. The locality (or: deictic) operator -- 4.1. Temporal debris: Tense -- 4.2. Spatial deixis: (Attributive) demonstrative pronouns -- 4.3. The scope of locality operators -- 5. Scope and the relative order of operators -- 6. Satellites in the term and in the predication -- 7. Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- Layered Syntax in Role and Reference Grammar -- 0. Introduction -- 1. The layered structure of the clause in RRG -- 2. Layered clause structure and operators in FG -- 3. The syntactic constrast between core and clause: The need for explicit syntactic representations -- 3.1. The V/2 constraint in Icelandic -- 3.2. Clause structure in head-marking and dependent-marking languages -- 4. Complex sentences -- 4.1. Juncture -- 4.2. Nexus -- 4.3. The role of operators in complex sentences -- 4.4. The representation of complex sentences in head-marking and dependent-marking languages.

5. Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- On the Semantics of Conditionals -- 0. Introduction -- 1. General framework -- 2. Functional Logic -- 2.1 The syntax of FL -- 2.2. The semantics of FL -- 3. The interpretation of conditionals -- 4. Different types of conditionals -- 4.1. Propositional conditionals -- 4.2. Illocutionary conditionals -- 5. Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- Linguistic Representation and Conceptual Knowledge Representation -- 0. Introduction -- 1. Dik's cognitive theory -- 2. Basic representations in FG -- 3. Questions for lexical conceptualizations -- 3.1. Lexical form and meaning -- 3.2. Language and other aspects of behavior -- 4. Prospects for a model of conceptualization -- 4.1. The representation of states of affairs -- 4.2. Meta-level qualifications of SoAs -- 5. Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- The Functional Grammar Computational Natural Language User and Psychological Adequacy -- 0. Introduction -- 1. An outline of FG-CNLU -- 2. Some predictions from the model -- 2.1. Predictions based on the storage of UPs in memory -- 2.2. Predictions based on UPs as the arguments of thought processes -- 3. Is conceptual knowledge linguistic in a more abstract sense? -- 3.1. Declarative and procedural knowledge -- 3.2. Bilinguals -- 3.3. Conceptual and perceptual knowledge -- 3.4. Linguistic relativity -- 4. Improvements -- 5. Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- Context and Language -- 0. Introduction -- 1. The roots of the problem of representation -- 2. Language, thought, and memory -- 3. A paradox -- 4. The reconstruction problem -- 5. Features of a frame of reference for the study of language and representation -- 6. Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- Subject Index -- Index of Names -- Index of languages.