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.