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Functional Descriptions: Theory in practice
Edited by Ruqaiya Hasan †, Carmel Cloran and David Butt
[Current Issues in Linguistic Theory 121] 1996
► pp. v–viii

Table of contents

About the Authorsix
Theories, Maps and Descriptions: An Introductionxv
On Grammar and Grammatics1
On the Idea of Theory-neutral Descriptions39
Ditransitivity and Possession85
So Grammarians Haven’t the Faintest Idea?: Reconciling grammar and lexis in a systemic functional model of language145
The Semantics of Get-passives179
Causation in Dutch and French: Interpersonal aspects207
Process Types in Finnish: Implicate order, covert categories, and prototypes237
The Complement in Chinese Grammar: A functional reinterpretation265
Pitjantjatjara Processes: An Australian experiential grammar287
Metalinguistic Diversity: The case from case323


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