Syntax

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This new edition of Syntax: A functional-typological introduction is at many points radically revised. In the previous edition (1984) the author deliberately ch

English Grammar

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The approach to language and grammar that motivates this book is unabashedly functional; grammar is not just a system of empty rules, it is a means to an end, a

Topic Continuity in Discourse

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The functional notion of “topic” or “topicality” has suffered, traditionally, from two distinct drawbacks. First, it has remained largely ill defined or

Voice and Inversion

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This collection aims first to establish a structure-independent, language-independent definition of pragmatic voice, and more specifically then a universal func

Mind, Code and Context

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Scholars concerned with the phenomenon of mind have searched through history for a principled yet non-reductionist approach to the study of knowledge, communica